Nationality Czech Republic Name Martin Strnad Sport Shooting Role Olympic athlete | Club SKP Rapid Plzen Height 1.82 m Coached by Bratislav Putna Weight 83 kg | |
Born 1 August 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-08-01 ) Plzen, Czechoslovakia Event(s) 25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP) | ||
Martin strnad throws first for an out
Martin Strnad (born August 1, 1974 in Plzeň) is a Czech sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's rapid fire pistol at the 2009 ISSF World Cup series in Munich, Germany, with a total score of 780.2 points.
Strnad 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 Podhráský. He placed sixteenth out of nineteen shooters in the qualifying rounds of the event, with a total score of 562 points (267 on the first stage, and 295 on the second).
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Strnad improved his performance from the previous games by hitting a total of 580 targets (287 on the first stage and 293 on the second) in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, finishing only in ninth place by two points behind Russia's Leonid Ekimov.