Profile details
- Born
- 2 Mar 1963
- Birthplace
- Ruse
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Height
- 182 cm
- Sport
- Shooting
- Discipline
- Precision
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
6 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·2008 Summer Olympics
- ·2004 Summer Olympics
- ·2000 Summer Olympics – men's 50 metre pistol
- ·1996 Summer Olympics – men's 10 metre air pistol
- ·1992 Summer Olympics
- ·1988 Summer Olympics – men's 10 metre air pistol
Career Timeline
- 1988Competed at shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's 10 metre air pistol
- 1992Competed at 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1996Competed at shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's 10 metre air pistol
- 2000Competed at shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – men's 50 metre pistol
- 2004Competed at 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2008Competed at 2008 Summer Olympics
Statistics
Verified statistics are not available in this profile.
About
Tanyu Kiryakov (Bulgarian: Таню Киряков; born 2 March 1963) is a Bulgarian pistol shooter. He became the first shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event (2000 Sydney Olympics) and the 10 metre air pistol event (1988 Seoul Olympics), in which he was also the first Olympic champion. He is also the only Bulgarian to have won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics.
Biography adapted from Tanyu Kiryakov on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.