Wolfram Waibel Jr.

Olympic medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Austria
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 10 m air rifle
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 50 m rifle 3 positions

Wolfram Waibel Jr. (born 22 February 1970) is an Austrian sport shooter.[1][2]

He was born in Hohenems, Austria.[1] 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.[1] He shared the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition.[1][3][4]

After retirement, he became National Coach.[5]

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.[6]

Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Prone
Men Qualification 600  Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS)
 Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)
 Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA)
 Christian Klees (GER)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Thomas Tamas (USA)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Petr Litvinchuk (BLR)
 Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
 Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
 Christian Lusch (GER)
 Eric Uptagrafft (USA)
 Valérian Sauveplane (FRA)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Matthew Emmons (USA)
 Guy Starik (ISR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR) 		13 July 1989
29 August 1991
27 April 1994
25 July 1996
23 May 1997
28 July 1998
4 September 1998
8 June 2000
11 June 2003
18 July 2003
3 March 2004
27 October 2004
11 May 2005
11 May 2005
26 August 2005
29 March 2006
9 May 2007
18 May 2008
3 August 2012 		Zagreb (YUG)
Munich (GER)
Havana (CUB)
Atlanta (USA)
Munich (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Buenos Aires (ARG)
Munich (GER)
Munich (GER)
Plzeň (CZE)
Sydney (AUS)
Bangkok (THA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Fort Benning (USA)
Munich (GER)
Guangzhou (CHN)
Bangkok (THA)
Munich (GER)
London (ENG) 		edit

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Wolfram Jun WAIBEL". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  2. ^ "Shooting sports - Wolfram WAIBEL JR". The-sports.org. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "Beijing 2008WC". Scribd.com. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  4. ^ Sylhet, Positive (August 8, 2008). "Olympic 2008: Olympic Records - Shooting". Theolympic-2008. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  5. ^ "ÜBER Marlene Pribitzer KARRIERE & STECKBRIEF" (in Austrian German). Olympiazentrum Vorarlberg. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  6. ^ "New ISSF 2013-2016 Rules: competitions will start from zero, and end in a duel". International Shooting Sport Federation. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2024. and a provisional test of decimal scoring for 10m Air Rifle and 50m Prone Rifle events.