Country Latvia Role Olympic athlete Sport Sports shooting Height 1.78 m | Coached by Aleksandrs Lescinskis Weight 89 kg Name Afanasijs Kuzmins | |
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Born 22 March 1947 (age 77) ( 1947-03-22 ) Bikernieki Parish, Latvia Olympic medals Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol People also search for Ralf Schumann, Zoltan Kovago, Zoltan Kovacs, Vladimir Vokhmyanin | ||
Afanasijs Kuzmins (born March 22, 1947) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol. Kuzmins trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, by receiving wild card, competed also in the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the age of 61 Kuzmins finished 13th overall in his eighth Olympic appearance. No other shooter has appeared at eight Olympics; four have appeared at seven Olympics.
Aged 65, he competed at his ninth Olympic Games at the 2012 Summer Olympics finishing 17th.
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