Konstantin Tsuranov
{{short description|Russian sport shooter}}
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| event = Skeet
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Konstantin Yuryevich Tsuranov ({{langx|ru|Константин Юрьевич Цуранов}}; born August 21, 1972, in Rostov-on-Don) is a Russian sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Konstantin Tsuranov|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/konstantin-tsuranov-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/konstantin-tsuranov-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 4 January 2013}} He won a silver medal in men's skeet shooting at the first meet of the 2008 ISSF World Cup in Beijing, with a total hit of 143 targets.{{cite news|title=Chinese shooter Qu crowned in men's skeet despite heavy rain|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6395811.html|publisher=People's Daily Online (China)|date=21 April 2008|accessdate=4 January 2013}} He is also the son of Yury Tsuranov, who competed in the same category at three Olympic games (1968 in Mexico City, 1972 in Munich, and 1976 in Montreal), representing the Soviet Union.{{cite sports-reference|title = Yury Tsuranov|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/yury-tsuranov-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081810/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/yury-tsuranov-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 4 January 2013}}
Tsuranov represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's skeet shooting, along with his teammate Valeriy Shomin. He finished only in twenty-third place by one point ahead of Italy's Andrea Benelli from the final attempt, for a total score of 113 targets in the two-day qualifying rounds.{{cite web|title=Men's Skeet Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM403900/standings.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=4 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819214708/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM403900/standings.html |archivedate=19 August 2012 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120816131018/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63183/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile]
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Category:Russian male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for Russia
Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Rostov-on-Don
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