Nationality Russia Name Sergei Kruglov Sport Shooting Role Olympic athlete | Club CSA Pomoriye Height 1.75 m Coached by Oleg Seleznev Weight 72 kg | |
Full name Sergey Andreyevich Kruglov Event(s) 10 m air rifle (AR40)50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) | ||
Sergey Andreyevich Kruglov (also Sergei Kruglov, Russian: Серге́й Андреевич Круглов; born March 27, 1985 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian sport shooter. In 2010, Kruglov had won a gold medal for the 10 m air rifle at the European Shooting Championships in Meråker, Norway, and eventually captured the bronze at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. He is also a member of CSA Pomoriye and is coached and trained by Oleg Seleznev.
Kruglov represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 10 m air rifle, along with his teammate Konstantin Prikhodtchenko. He finished only in eighth place by seven tenths of a point (0.7) behind Serbia's Stevan Pletikosić, for a total score of 697 targets (595 in the preliminary rounds and 102 in the final).