István Péni (born 14 February 1997) is a Hungarian sport shooter.[1] He won a bronze medal in boys' 10 m air rifle shooting, and also shared a top prize with Egypt's Hadir Mekhimar in the mixed international rifle team at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] Péni is also a member of the shooting team at Újpesti Sports Club (Hungarian: Újpesti Torna Egylet) in Budapest under his personal coach József Tóth and Edit Kissné Oroszi.[1][3]

István Péni
Péni in 2016
Personal information
Full nameIstván Péni
NationalityHungarian
Born (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryHungary
SportShooting
Events
ClubÚjpesti TE[1]
Coached by
  • József Tóth
  • Edit Kissné Oroszi
[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 1 0
Youth Olympics 0 0 1
Junior European Championships (SC) 0 1 1
Total 0 2 2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 300 m standard rifle open
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon 300 m rifle 3 positions
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10 m air rifle team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 50 m rifle 3 positions team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 50 m rifle 3 positions
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Győr 10 m air rifle
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Győr 10 m air rifle team
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing AR60
Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Arnhem AR60
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Maribor FR60PR
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing Mixed team

Péni made his first Olympic team for Hungary as a 17-year-old at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where he achieved a total of two medals in shooting: a gold and a bronze. In his first event, boys' 10 m air rifle, Péni shot a decent score of 183.5 to pick up the bronze medal in the final round, finishing more than twenty-five points behind eventual Youth Olympic champion Yang Haoran.[2][4] Two days later, Péni and his international partner Hadir Mekhimad of Egypt triumphed the Latin American duo made up of Argentina's Fernanda Russo and Mexico's José Santos Valdés 10–2 for the gold in the mixed rifle team competition.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – István Péni". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "World number one Yang claims gold at home with 5-point lead". ISSF. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Péni István olimpiai kvótát szerzett" [István Péni achieves Olympic quota] (in Hungarian). Stop.hu. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Silver and bronze won by the European shooters during the last day of individual competitions at the YOG". European Shooting Confederation. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ^ Ceschi, Alessandro (20 August 2014). "Hungary and Egypt take first-ever Air Rifle mixed, last event of Nanjing". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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