Rajmond Debevec (born 29 March 1963) is a Slovenian sport shooter. He has won three Olympic and ten World Championship medals in shooting. He formerly held the world record in the 50 meter rifle 3 positions event.
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| Citizenship | Slovenian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1963 Postojna, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Yugoslavia (until 1991) Slovenia (since 1992) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10m air rifle, 50m rifle three positions, 50m rifle prone, 300m rifle prone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SD Olimpija Ljubljana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alojz Mikolič | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Debevec started shooting in 1971 and became a member of the Yugoslavian junior national team in 1979. Debevec joined the Military Sport Squad of the Slovenian Army in 1991[2] and holds the rank of Warrant Officer.[3]
Olympic Games
He won his first medal in 1980 by participating in the Junior European Championships. He represented Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988, and Slovenia in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. He won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the event 50 metre rifle three positions.
His appearance at eight Olympic Games are the most ever by a Slovenian or Yugoslavian athlete. Latvian shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins is the only shooter with more Olympic appearances than Debevec; Kuzmins competed in his ninth games at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Debevec competed for the eighth time.
World Cup and other competitions
Debevec formerly held the world record for 50m rifle three position with 1186 points, which he set in Munich at the World Cup Final in 1992. He also held the Olympic record (1177 points) for the same event, which he set during his gold medal-winning performance at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He has won two world military championships in 300m three positions in 2006 and 300m rapid fire rifle in 2005 and 2008.[4] He has also competed in World Cup events for crossbow, air rifle, small-bore rifle, and big bore rifle.
Olympic results
| Event | 1984 Los Angeles | 1988 Seoul | 1992 Barcelona | 1996 Atlanta | 2000 Sydney | 2004 Athens | 2008 Beijing | 2012 London |
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| 50 metre rifle three positions | 20th 1140 | — | 6th 1167+95.6 | 9th 1166 |  Gold1177+98.1 | 4th 1166+96.6 |  Bronze1176+95.7 | 27th 1161 |
| 50 metre rifle prone | — | — | 18th 594 | 9th 596 | 19th 593 | 9th 594 | 21st 592 | Bronze 596+105.0 |
| 10 metre air rifle | 12th 580 | 25th 585 | 9th 589 | 6th 591+101.1 | 9th 591 | 29th 589 | 31st 589 | — |
See also
References
External links
- Rajmond Debevec at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Debevec's home page Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Rajmond Debevec at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
