Full name Rajmond Debevec Club SD Olimpija Ljubljana Weight 76 kg Citizenship Slovenian Name Rajmond Debevec Spouse Metka Debevec | Role Olympic athlete Residence Skofljica, Slovenia Sport Shooting Height 1.83 m | |
 | ||
Event(s) 10m air rifle, 50m rifle three positions, 5m rifle prone, 300m rifle prone Children Andrej Debevec, Matej Debevec Olympic medals Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle, prone | ||
Rajmond debevec olimpijski pravk v portnem streljanju
Rajmond Debevec (born March 29, 1963 in Postojna, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian shooter. He has won three Olympic and five World Championship medals in shooting. He also holds the world record for the 50 metre rifle three positions event.
Contents
- Rajmond debevec olimpijski pravk v portnem streljanju
- Two minutes with rajmond debevec
- Career
- Olympic Games
- World Cup and other competitions
- References
Two minutes with rajmond debevec
Career
Debevec started shooting in 1971 and became a member of the Yugoslavian junior national team in 1979. Debevec joined the Military Sport Squad of the Slovenian Army in 1991 and holds the rank of Warrant Officer.
Olympic Games
He won his first medal in 1980 by participating in the Junior European Championships. He represented Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988, and Slovenia in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. He won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the event 50 metre rifle three positions.
His appearance at eight Olympic Games ties him for fourth-most all time, and are the most ever by a Slovenian or Yugoslavian athlete. Latvian shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins is the only shooter with more Olympic appearances than Debevec; Kuzmins competed in his ninth games at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Debevec competed for the eighth time.
World Cup and other competitions
Debevec holds the world record for 50m rifle three position with 1186 points, which he set in Munich at the World Cup Final in 1992. He also holds the Olympic record (1177 points) for the same event, which he set during his gold medal-winning performance at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He has won two world military championships in 300m three positions in 2006 and 300m rapid fire rifle in 2005 and 2008. He has also competed in World Cup events for crossbow, air rifle, small-bore rifle, and big bore rifle.