Tomáš Jeřábek

Tomáš Jeřábek (born June 11, 1973 in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech sport shooter.[2] Jerabek had won two medals (silver and bronze), and eventually set a world record of 3,511 points for the Czech rifle shooting team at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland.[3] He is a two-time Olympian, and also, a member of the shooting team for ŠKP Rapid Plzeň, under his coach Petr Kurka.[1]

Tomáš Jeřábek
Personal information
Nationality Czech Republic
Born (1973-06-11) 11 June 1973
Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
ClubŠKP Rapid Plzeň[1]
Coached byPetr Kurka[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Czech Republic
World Championships
2002 Lahti300FR60PR
2002 Lahti300FR3X40

Jerabek made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in two rifle shooting events. In his first event, 50 m rifle prone, Jerabek placed twenty-fourth in the preliminary rounds, with a total score of 591 points, tying his position with six other shooters, including Belarus' Yury Shcherbatsevich, and United States' Michael Anti. Few days later, he competed for his second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where he was able to shoot 395 targets in a prone position, 375 in standing, and 385 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,155 points, finishing again in twenty-fourth place.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Jerabek qualified for the second time in the 50 m rifle prone, along with his teammate Miroslav Varga. He finished only in forty-sixth place by one point behind Bosnia and Herzegovina's Nedžad Fazlija from the final attempt, for a total score of 586 targets.[4]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Tomáš Jeřábek". ISSF. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tomáš Jeřábek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. Tex, Vladimir (15 July 2002). "Sports News". Radio Prague. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.


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