Nationality Czech Republic Name Martin Podhrasky Sport Shooting Role Olympic athlete | Club SKP Rapid Plzen Height 1.92 m Coached by Vaclav Sasek Weight 85 kg | |
Born 11 October 1983 (age 40) ( 1983-10-11 ) Prague, Czechoslovakia Event(s) 25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP) | ||
Martin Podhráský (born October 11, 1983 in Prague) is a Czech sport shooter. He won two gold medals, and eventually set a new world record of 583 points in the men's rapid fire pistol (RFP) at the 2011 ISSF World Cup series in Sydney, Australia, and in Changwon, South Korea.
Podhrasky represented the Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, along with his teammate Martin Strnad. He placed fourteenth out of nineteen shooters in the qualifying rounds of the event, with a total score of 565 points (276 on the first stage, and 289 on the second).
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Podhrasky finished only in seventh place, and thereby missed out of the final round in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol by one point behind Germany's Christian Reitz from the second stage, for a total score of 583 targets.