Afanasijs Kuzmins
Latvian sport shooter (born 1947)
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Afanasijs Kuzmins (born 22 March 1947) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol. Kuzmins trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga.
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| Born | 22 March 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Soviet Union Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Aleksandrs Lescinskis | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, by receiving wild card, competed also in the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the age of 61 Kuzmins finished 13th overall in his eighth Olympic appearance.[1] No other shooter has appeared at eight Olympics; four have appeared at seven Olympics.
Aged 65, he competed at his ninth Olympic Games at the 2012 Summer Olympics finishing 17th.
Olympic results
World records
| Current world records held in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol | ||||||||
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| Men (ISSF) | Teams | 1762 | Soviet Union (Ignatiuk, Kuzmins, Pyzhianov) | August 15, 1990 | Moscow (URS) | edit | ||
| Current world records held in 25 m Standard Pistol | ||||||||
| Men | Teams | 1725 | Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Melentyev, Turla) Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Basinski, Pyzhianov) | September 10, 1985 September 8, 1986 | Osijek (YUG) Suhl (GDR) | edit | ||
