Afanasijs Kuzmins

Afanasijs Kuzmins (born March 22, 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.

Afanasijs Kuzmins

Personal information
Born	22 March 1947 Biķernieki Parish, Latvia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Sports shooting
Coached by	Aleksandrs Lescinskis
Medal record Men's shooting Olympic Games Representing  Soviet Union 1988 Seoul 25 m rapid fire pistol Representing  Latvia 1992 Barcelona 25 m rapid fire pistol

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

Olympic results
Event	1976	1980	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
25 metre rapid fire pistol	4th 595	6th 595	Gold 598+100	Silver 590+195+97	10th 585	8th 585	14th 574	13th 565	17th 569
10 metre air pistol	-	-	-	-	29th 574	-	-	-	-

World records

Current world records held in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol
Men (ISSF)	Teams	1762	Soviet Union (Ignatiuk, Kuzmins, Pyzhianov)	August 15, 1990	Moscow (URS)
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)

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

1. "Final Results: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

External links

• Afanasijs Kuzmins at the Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja (in Latvian)
• Afanasijs Kuzmins at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)