Name Tanyu Kiryakov Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.83 m Weight 82 kg | |
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Olympic medals Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol Similar People Ihar Basinski, Roberto Di Donna, Xu Haifeng | ||
Tanyu Kiryakov (Bulgarian: Таню Киряков, born March 2, 1963) is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the first shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion. He is also the only Bulgarian to have won two gold medals from Summer Olympics. He is considered to be one of the all-time best and his versatile skills and continued excellence have won him numerous fans. He was born in Ruse.
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