Tanyu Kiryakov

Sport shooter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSport shooter
PlacesBulgaria
isSports shooter
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth2 March 1963, Ruse, Ruse Municipality, Ruse Province, Bulgaria
Age61 years
The details

Biography

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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