Ștefan Petrescu

Romanian sport shooter

Ștefan Petrescu

Personal information
Born| (1931-07-01)1 July 1931
Râmnicu Sărat, Kingdom of Romania
Died| 1993 (aged 61-62)
Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania
Height| 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight| 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport| Sports shooting
Event| Pistol
Coached by| Dumitru Pineta[1]

Medal record

Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
|  1956 Melbourne | 25 m rapid-fire pistol
World Championships
|  1958 Moscow | 25 m rapid-fire pistol

Ştefan Petrescu (1 July 1931 - 1993) was a Romanian pistol shooter. He won a gold medal in the 25 rapid-fire event at the 1956 Olympics and placed third at the 1958 World Championships.[2][3]

Petrescu took up shooting in 1949 and retired in 1965 to become a shooting instructor.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Stefan Petrescu. Romanian Olympic Committee
2. ^ "Ștefan Petrescu". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
3. ^ Profile: "Ştefan Petrescu" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 15 January 2008)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ștefan Petrescu.

* Ștefan Petrescu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
* Stefan Petrescu at Olympics.com
* Ștefan Petrescu at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)

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Olympic champions in men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Summary

* 1896:  Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)
* 1900:  Maurice Larrouy (FRA)
* 1912:  Alfred Lane (USA)
* 1920:  Guilherme Paraense (BRA)
* 1924:  Henry Bailey (USA)
* 1932:  Renzo Morigi (ITA)
* 1936:  Cornelius van Oyen (GER)
* 1948:  Károly Takács (HUN)
* 1952:  Károly Takács (HUN)
* 1956:  Ștefan Petrescu (ROU)
* 1960:  William McMillan (USA)
* 1964:  Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
* 1968:  Józef Zapędzki (POL)
* 1972:  Józef Zapędzki (POL)
* 1976:  Norbert Klaar (GDR)
* 1980:  Corneliu Ion (ROM)
* 1984:  Takeo Kamachi (JPN)
* 1988:  Afanasijs Kuzmins (URS)
* 1992:  Ralf Schumann (GER)
* 1996:  Ralf Schumann (GER)
* 2000:  Sergei Alifirenko (RUS)
* 2004:  Ralf Schumann (GER)
* 2008:  Oleksandr Petriv (UKR)
* 2012:  Leuris Pupo (CUB)
* 2016:  Christian Reitz (GER)
* 2020:  Jean Quiquampoix (FRA)
* 2024:  Li Yuehong (CHN)

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