Alexander Melentyev

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Alexander Remmovich Melentyev ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев}}; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a Soviet competitive sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. He was the first Olympic gold medalist from Kyrgyzstan.

Bio

Melentyev was born in the Russian city of Penza but grew up in the Kyrgyz SSR.{{cite news |url=http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/90185 |script-title=ru:Некролог в связи с кончиной первого Олимпийского чемпиона – кыргызстанца Александра Мелентьева |trans-title=Obituary of the first Olympic champion of Kyrgyzstan Alexander Melentyev |agency=Kabar |date=17 February 2015 |accessdate=19 February 2015 |language=ru |archive-date=20 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220164028/http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/90185 |url-status=dead }}

At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Melentyev achieved a world record result of 581 (from 600, without final) in the 50 m pistol event in setting a new world and a new Olympic record. The world record was surpassed by Jin Jong-oh at the 2014 World Championships; with his score of 581 Melentyev remains the current Olympic record holder.

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!colspan=9 | Current Olympic record held in 50 m Pistol

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colspan=9 | Current world record held in 25 m Standard Pistol

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References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930005556/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MELENALE01 dataOlympics profile]
[http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol12/ol1-5076.htm?text=Александр%20Мелентьев Profile]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ru}}