Wolfram Waibel Jr.
{{short description|Austrian sports shooter}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's shooting}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalSilver| 1996 Atlanta | 10 m air rifle}}
{{MedalBronze| 1996 Atlanta | 50 m rifle 3 positions}}
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Wolfram Waibel Jr. (born 22 February 1970) is an Austrian sport shooter.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/shooting-sports-waibel-jr-wolfram-results-identity-s22-c2-b4-o6-w72264.html|title=Shooting sports - Wolfram WAIBEL JR. |publisher=The-sports.org |date= |accessdate=November 14, 2011}}
He was born in Hohenems, Austria. His father was Wolfram Waibel Sr., who competed at five Olympic Games as a rifle shooter. Wolfram Jr. competed for Austria and won both a silver medal and a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He shared the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/28171705/Beijing-2008WC |title=Beijing 2008WC |publisher=Scribd.com |date= |accessdate=November 15, 2011}}{{cite web|last=Sylhet |first=Positive |url=http://theolympic-2008.blogspot.com/2008/08/olympic-records-shooting.html |title=Olympic 2008: Olympic Records - Shooting |publisher=Olympic 2008 |date=August 8, 2008 |accessdate=November 15, 2011}}
Current world record in 50 m rifle prone
Weibel was a joint World Record holder in the 50m Prone Rifle event with a perfect score of 600. In 2013 the format changed from integer scoring to decimal, resetting the records.{{cite web |title=New ISSF 2013-2016 Rules: competitions will start from zero, and end in a duel |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1772 |website=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201122500/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1772 |archive-date=1 December 2012 |language=en |date=23 November 2012 |quote=and a provisional test of decimal scoring for 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone Rifle events. |url-status=live}}
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colspan=9 | Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Prone |
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Men
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References
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{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHAUTM2202197001 |title=Wolfram Jun WAIBEL |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |date= |accessdate=November 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820173506/https://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHAUTM2202197001 |archive-date=20 August 2023 |url-status=live}}}}
External links
- {{ISSF|SHAUTM2202197001}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/wolfram-waibel-jr-1.html sports-reference]
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Category:Austrian male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for Austria
Category:Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
Category:Olympic medalists in shooting
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics