Zhu Qinan

Zhu Qinan (zh-s|朱启南, born November 15, 1984 in Wenzhou) is a male Chinese sport shooter who won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle event. Zhu currently is studying at Zhejiang University [ [http://www.zju.edu.cn/zdxw/jd/read.php?recid=24090 周苏红、朱启南入学浙大] ] .

Zhu began shooting training at Wenzhou Sports School in 1999. From there, in February 2002, he joined the Zhejiang province shooting team. Zhu joined the national shooting team on December 14, 2003. At the time of his Olympic victory, he was still a junior, and his qualification round score of 599 was an equalled junior world record. He repeated this achievement at the 2004 ISSF World Cup Final in Bangkok, which he also won. He has since then won several ISSF World Cup competitions in 10 m Air Rifle. His best result in 50 m Rifle is a bronze medal from the 2004 Asian Championships. Zhu is 5'11" tall and weighs 148 pounds.

External links

* [http://www.issfnews.com/shooters/whoiswho.asp?event=&wiwmode=namenat&shtrid=22244 Zhu's profile at ISSF NEWS]

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