- Rajmond Debevec
Rajmond Debevec was born in
Postojna ,Slovenia , a part of the former Yugoslavia, onMarch 29 ,1963 . He became involved in shooting sports in 1971 and became a member of Junior national team in 1979. He won his first medal in 1980 by participating in Junior European Championship with air rifle. He represented Yugoslavia at theOlympic Games in 1984 & 1988 and Slovenia in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 & 2008. Among numerous medals and awards he has won, the most important is he 1st place at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney , where he competed in the event50 metre rifle three positions ). He holds all world and Olympic records in this event.Competition highlights:
*Olympic gold 3-p, Sydney 2000 with Olympic record 1177 p.(still valid)
*World record 3-p, Munich WCF 1992, 1186 p. (still valid)
*4× world cup final winner in 3-p (1992,1993,2003,2006)
*27× world cup winner (14× in 3-p, 13× air rifle)
*multiple WCh medalist in all events from crossbow, air rifle, 50m s-b rifle, to 300m big bore rifleOlympic results
Records
External links
* [http://www.rajmond-debevec.110mb.com/ Debevec's home page]
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