Rashid Yunusmetov

{{Short description|Kazakhstani sport shooter (born 1979)}}

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| birth_place = Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

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| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air pistol (AP40)
50 m pistol (FP)

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{{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Kuwait City|10 m air pistol team}}

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Rashid Yunusmetov ({{langx|kk|Рашид Юнусметов}}, Raşid Iunusmetov; born July 9, 1979, in Shymkent) is a Kazakhstani sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Rashid Yunusmetov|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/rashid-yunusmetov-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060559/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/rashid-yunusmetov-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 30 December 2012}} Yunusmetov won five medals at the ISSF World Cup circuit, including gold for the 50 m free pistol (2009 in Beijing, China).{{cite news|title=Yunusmetov claims men's 50m pistol gold at shooting World Cup|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/19/content_11214271.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209194241/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/19/content_11214271.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2013|publisher=Xinhua|date=19 April 2009|accessdate=30 December 2012}}{{cite news|title=50m Pistol M – Yunusmetov (KAZ) claimed gold|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=991|publisher=ISSF|date=19 April 2009|accessdate=30 December 2012}}

Yunusmetov represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He placed twentieth out of forty-eight shooters in the men's 10 m air pistol, with a total score of 578 points.{{cite web|title=Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM203901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=30 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053200/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM203901/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2012 }} Three days later, Yunusmetov competed for his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, where he was able to fire 10 shots each in six attempts, for a total score of 555 points, finishing in seventeenth place.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Pistol Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM201901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=30 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054005/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM201901/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2012 }}