István Péni

István Péni (born 14 February 1997) is a Hungarian sport shooter.[1] He won a bronze medal in boys' 10 m air rifle shooting, and also shared a top prize with Egypt's Hadir Mekhimar in the mixed international rifle team at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] Peni is also a member of the shooting team at Újpesti Sports Club (Hungarian: Újpesti Torna Egylet) in Budapest under his personal coach József Tóth and Edit Kissné Oroszi.[1][3]

István Péni
Personal information
Full nameIstván Péni
NationalityHungarian
Born (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryHungary
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (FR3X40)
ClubÚjpesti TE[1]
Coached byJózsef Tóth
Edit Kissné Oroszi[1]
The native form of this personal name is Péni István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Peni made his first Olympic team for Hungary as a 17-year-old at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where he achieved a total of two medals in shooting: a gold and a bronze. In his first event, boys' 10 m air rifle, Peni shot a decent score of 183.5 to pick up the bronze medal in the final round, finishing more than twenty-five points behind eventual Youth Olympic champion Yang Haoran.[2][4] Two days later, Peni and his international partner Hadir Mekhimad of Egypt triumphed the Latin American duo made up of Argentina's Fernanda Russo and Mexico's José Santos Valdés 10–2 for the gold in the mixed rifle team competition.[5]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – István Péni". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. "World number one Yang claims gold at home with 5-point lead". ISSF. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. "Péni István olimpiai kvótát szerzett" [István Péni achieves Olympic quota] (in Hungarian). Stop.hu. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. "Silver and bronze won by the European shooters during the last day of individual competitions at the YOG". European Shooting Confederation. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. Ceschi, Alessandro (20 August 2014). "Hungary and Egypt take first-ever Air Rifle mixed, last event of Nanjing". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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