Attila Simon (sport shooter)

Attila Simon (born 1 June 1970) is a Hungarian sport shooter.[2] He has competed for Hungary in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained a top seven finish in a major international competition, spanning the 2003 European Championships.[1] Simon also trains under head coach Mihály Tesánszky for ten years as a member of the Hungarian shooting team at Budapest Honvéd SE.[1]

Attila Simon
Personal information
Full nameAttila Simon
Nationality Hungary
Born (1970-06-01) 1 June 1970 (age 54)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubBudapest Honvéd SE[1]
Coached byMihály Tesánszky[1]

Simon qualified for the Hungarian squad in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 555 to gain an Olympic quota place for Hungary in the free pistol, following his outstanding seventh-place finish at the European Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic one year earlier.[1][3][4] Simon got off to a shaky start on the first day of the Games by placing further down at a distant forty-third in the 10 m air pistol with a total of 562, just seven points better than his entry standard.[5] Three days later, in the 50 m pistol, Simon continued his unsteady Olympic feat with a qualifying score of 536 to end up in thirty-sixth out of forty-two shooters, failing to advance to the final.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "ISSF Profile – Attila Simon". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Attila Simon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Világcsúcsnál jobb eredménnyel nyert Sidi a lövész ob-n" [Shooter Sidi obtained better results at the national championships] (in Hungarian). Index.hu. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Simon Attila szabadpisztolyban sem javított" [Attila Simon fails to reach the final] (in Hungarian). Origo.hu. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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