Personal information | |
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Full name | Matej Mészáros |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 26 April 1982
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shooting |
Event | 10 m air rifle ( AR40) |
Club | SSSR MV SR Bratislava [1] |
Coached by | František Fesco [1] |
Matej Mészáros (born 26 April 1982 in Bratislava) is a Slovak sport shooter. [2] He was selected to compete for the Slovak team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth in air rifle. Having started the sport since the age of eight, Meszaros trained as a member of the shooting team for the Slovak Republic State Sport Representation Centre of Interior Ministry ( Slovak: Stredisko štátnej športovej reprezentácie MV SR) in his native Bratislava under personal coach František Fesco. [1]
Meszaros qualified for the Slovak squad in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having attained a minimum qualifying score of 595 and finishing sixth to secure one of the Olympic slots available from the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. [3] [4] Meszaros shot 594 out of 600 points to finish in a seventh-place tie with four other shooters in the qualifying stage, but fell abruptly in a shoot-off for the final round by 100 to 98, dropping him to ninth. [5]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Matej Mészáros |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 26 April 1982
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shooting |
Event | 10 m air rifle ( AR40) |
Club | SSSR MV SR Bratislava [1] |
Coached by | František Fesco [1] |
Matej Mészáros (born 26 April 1982 in Bratislava) is a Slovak sport shooter. [2] He was selected to compete for the Slovak team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth in air rifle. Having started the sport since the age of eight, Meszaros trained as a member of the shooting team for the Slovak Republic State Sport Representation Centre of Interior Ministry ( Slovak: Stredisko štátnej športovej reprezentácie MV SR) in his native Bratislava under personal coach František Fesco. [1]
Meszaros qualified for the Slovak squad in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having attained a minimum qualifying score of 595 and finishing sixth to secure one of the Olympic slots available from the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. [3] [4] Meszaros shot 594 out of 600 points to finish in a seventh-place tie with four other shooters in the qualifying stage, but fell abruptly in a shoot-off for the final round by 100 to 98, dropping him to ninth. [5]