Christian Reitz

{{Short description|German sport shooter (born 1987)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Christian Reitz

| image =

| nationality = German

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Löbau, East Germany

| height = 1.85 m

| weight = 85 kg

| country = Germany

| sport = Shooting

| event = Air pistol

| club = SV Kriftel

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

{{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|25 m rapid fire pistol}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Beijing|25 m rapid fire pistol}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|{{nowrap|25 m standard pistol mixed team}}}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|25 m center fire pistol}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Baku|25 m center fire pistol}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Baku|25 m center fire pistol team}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Changwon|25 m center fire pistol}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Changwon|{{nowrap|25 m team rapid fire pistol}}}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo|25 m standard pistol}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|25 m rapid fire pistol team}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|25 m standard pistol team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Baku|25 m rapid fire pistol}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Baku|10 m air pistol mixed team}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|{{nowrap|10 m air pistol team}}}}

{{Medal|Silver|2019 Minsk|25 m standard pistol mixed team}}

{{Medal|Silver|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|25 m rapid fire pistol}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Minsk|10 m air pistol mixed team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Osijek|25 m RF pistol team}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Osijek|{{nowrap|25 m center fire pistol}}}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Osijek|25 m rapid fire pistol}}

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Christian Reitz (born 29 April 1987) is a German 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter, the current world record holder.

Career

He rose to fame during 2005, the first year with the new equipment rules, but was defeated in that year's European Junior Championships by teammate Philipp Wagenitz before finishing his junior career with victories in the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships and the 2007 European Championships.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}

In his first year as a senior,{{when|date=November 2010}} Reitz won two World Cup competitions and was the runner-up behind three-time Olympic champion Ralf Schumann at another, equalling the world record with a 591 score in Milan, and raising Schumann's final world record from 790.0 to 794.0.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} At the 2008 Olympics, he won the bronze medal behind Oleksandr Petriv and Schumann.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/christian-reitz-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/christian-reitz-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}

Performance timeline

=25 metre rapid fire pistol=

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!

! 2008

! 2009

style="text-align: left"|Olympic Games

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Bronze3}} Bronze
579+200.3

| style="color: #cccccc"|Not held

style="text-align: left"|World Championships

| colspan=2 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held

style="text-align: left"|European Championships

| style="color: #cccccc"|Not held

|

style="text-align: left"|World Cup 1

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} Gold
588+197.6

| style="background: #ccffcc" | 4th
589+195.4

style="text-align: left"|World Cup 2

| —

| —

style="text-align: left"|World Cup 3

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Silver2}} Silver
585+201.4

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} Gold
584+201.3

style="text-align: left"|World Cup 4

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} Gold
591+203.0

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Bronze3}} Bronze
582+198.0

style="text-align: left"|World Cup Final

| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Silver2}} Silver
590+197.9

| Qualified

Records

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! colspan=7 | Current world records held in 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Men

{{Shooting WR RFP Men Qualification}}

References

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