Guy Starik

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| native_name = גיא סטאריק

| name = Guy Starik

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| residence = Givat Ada, Israel{{cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHISRM0305196501 |title=ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation |publisher=issf-sports.org |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}

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| birth_place = Jerusalem

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| height = 5 ft 11 in

| weight = 165 lb

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| country = Israel

| sport = Sport shooting

| event = 50 metre rifle prone (primary event)

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| club = Hapoel Maabarot Club

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| coach = Yair Davidovic{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/674162001.html?dids=674162001:674162001&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+30%2C+2004&author=FRANKIE+SACHS&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Rifleman&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729160916/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/674162001.html?dids=674162001:674162001&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+30,+2004&author=FRANKIE+SACHS&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Rifleman&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |title=Rifleman |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |author=Frankie Sachs |date=July 30, 2004 |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}

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Guy Starik ({{Langx|he|גיא סטאריק}}; born May 3, 1965) is an Israeli sport shooter who has competed in four Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/guy-starik-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/guy-starik-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|title=Guy Starik Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=November 13, 2011}} He has won gold medals in shooting at both the European Championships and at four World Cups, and shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition.{{cite news|last=Talshir |first=Uri |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/shooting-european-championships-still-aiming-for-gold-at-46-1.376486?localLinksEnabled=false |title=Shooting / European Championships / Still aiming for gold at 46 |publisher=Haaretz |date=October 21, 2011 |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}

Biography

Starik is Jewish, and was born in Jerusalem.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |title=Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries |publisher=Jewishinstlouis.org |accessdate=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |archive-date=April 7, 2012 }}

=Shooting career=

In his early years of competition, Starik did not have an experienced coach, and was self-taught. He started shooting in 1978, and started to compete in shooting in 1982. He practices at the National Olympic Ranges in Herzliya.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/987278521.html?dids=987278521:987278521&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+10%2C+2006&author=JENNY+HAZAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Home+on+the+%28firing%29+range&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714203056/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/987278521.html?dids=987278521:987278521&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+10,+2006&author=JENNY+HAZAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Home+on+the+(firing)+range&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |title=Home on the (firing) range |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=February 10, 2006 |author=Jenny Hazan |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}

He competed on behalf of Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, in the Men's 50 metre rifle three positions, in which he came in 13th, and in the Men's 50 metre rifle prone, in which he came in 26th.

In 1998, Starik finished fourth at the 1998 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.{{cite news |url=http://il.vlex.com/vid/no-guy-starik-68668330 |title=No. 45 Guy Starik |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=March 20, 2008 |accessdate=November 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425162112/http://il.vlex.com/vid/no-guy-starik-68668330 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 }}

He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, despite a bout of meningitis, in the Men's 50 metre rifle three positions, in which he came in 32nd, and in the Men's 50 metre rifle prone, in which he came in 25th.

In 2003, Starik won a gold medal at the World Cup Marksman Championship in Munich, Germany, in the Men's 50 metre rifle three positions.{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/45370#.TsBboVawVi4 |title=Israeli Marksman Takes Gold |publisher=Arutz Sheva |date=June 20, 2003 |accessdate=November 14, 2011}} His total of 702.5 points was a new Israeli record. The following year, he was ranked second in the world in his event by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/23426/rifleman-may-have-israel-s-best-shot-at-hitting-olympic-gold/ |title=Rifleman may have Israel's best shot at hitting Olympic gold |publisher=Jweekly |author= Frankie Sachs|date=August 13, 2004 |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}

He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, in the Men's 50 metre rifle prone, in which he came in 16th.

In 2005, Starik won the gold medal in the Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-110904967.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924172413/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-110904967.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |title=Guy Starik shoots way to Euro gold |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date= July 8, 2005 |author= Brian Pettner|accessdate=November 14, 2011}} In 2006, he won a bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup Final in Granada, Spain.{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=37130|title=Guy Starik wins medal in Spain|work=The Jerusalem Post}}

In May 2008, he tied the world record and set a new Israeli record in the 50-meter rifle prone competition, with a perfect 600 score at the 2008 ISSF Rifle & Pistol World Cup in Munich, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=689705&ct=5853465&printmode=1 |title=Israel at the Olympics |publisher=The Israel Project |year=2009 |accessdate=November 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912111811/http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=hsJPK0PIJpH&b=689705&ct=5853465&printmode=1 |archive-date=September 12, 2012 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/sports-shorts-1.246121 |title=Sports Shorts |publisher=Haaretz |date=May 19, 2008 |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}

Starik competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the Men's 50 metre rifle prone, in which he came in 12th.

In May 2009, he won the Men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany, ahead of 2004 Olympic champion Matthew Emmons.{{cite news|author=Marco Dalla Dea |url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1018 |title=ISSF – 50m Rifle Prone M – Starik lifted Israel atop the medal standings |publisher=Issf-sports.org |date=May 18, 2009 |accessdate=November 14, 2011}} It was his fourth world cup gold medal; he had previously won World Cups in 1997 in Milan, in 2003 in Munich, and in 2004 in Athens.

In 2010, Starik finished fifth at the 2010 World Championships in Munich with a 598, and won a silver medal at the 2010 ISSF World Cup in Belgrade with a 597.{{cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/xmlresultpage.aspx?cshipid=1056&eventcode=FR60PR&isjunior=False|title=Result 50m Rifle Prone Men|work=issf-sports.org}}

=Current world record in 50 m rifle prone =

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!colspan=9 | Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Prone

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=Coaching career=

Starik also coaches Israeli Olympic sport shooters Doron Egozi and Gil Simkovitch, and 2012 Olympian Sergei Richter.{{cite news|last=Dicker |first=Shira |url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=107138 |title=2008 Olympics: Doron Egozi, Gil Simkovitch and Guy Starik |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date= July 10, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2011}}