Christian Reitz

Christian Reitz
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1987-04-29) 29 April 1987 (age 37)
Löbau, East Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportShooting
EventAir pistol
ClubSV Kriftel
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 25 m rapid fire pistol
2008 Beijing 25 m rapid fire pistol
World Championships
2022 Cairo 25 m standard pistol mixed team
2022 Cairo 25 m center fire pistol
2023 Baku 25 m center fire pistol
2023 Baku 25 m center fire pistol team
2018 Changwon 25 m center fire pistol
2018 Changwon 25 m team rapid fire pistol
2022 Cairo 25 m standard pistol
2023 Baku 25 m rapid fire pistol team
2023 Baku 25 m standard pistol team
European Games
2015 Baku 25 m rapid fire pistol
2015 Baku 10 m air pistol mixed team
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10 m air pistol team
2019 Minsk 25 m standard pistol mixed team
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 25 m rapid fire pistol
2019 Minsk 10 m air pistol mixed team
European Championships
2013 Osijek 25 m RF pistol team
2013 Osijek 25 m center fire pistol
2013 Osijek 25 m rapid fire pistol

Christian Reitz (born 29 April 1987) is a German 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter, the current world record holder.

Career

He rose to fame during 2005, the first year with the new equipment rules, but was defeated in that year's European Junior Championships by teammate Philipp Wagenitz before finishing his junior career with victories in the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships and the 2007 European Championships.[citation needed]

In his first year as a senior,[when?] Reitz won two World Cup competitions and was the runner-up behind three-time Olympic champion Ralf Schumann at another, equalling the world record with a 591 score in Milan, and raising Schumann's final world record from 790.0 to 794.0.[citation needed] At the 2008 Olympics, he won the bronze medal behind Oleksandr Petriv and Schumann.

Performance timeline

25 metre rapid fire pistol

2008 2009
Olympic Games Bronze
579+200.3 		Not held
World Championships Not held
European Championships Not held
World Cup 1 Gold
588+197.6 		4th
589+195.4
World Cup 2 — —
World Cup 3 Silver
585+201.4 		Gold
584+201.3
World Cup 4 Gold
591+203.0 		Bronze
582+198.0
World Cup Final Silver
590+197.9 		Qualified

Records

Current world records held in 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Men Qualification 593  Christian Reitz (GER)
 Kim Jun-hong (KOR) 		July 30, 2013
July 6, 2014 		Osijek (CRO)
Beijing (CHN) 		edit

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Reitz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.