Alexander Melentyev

Soviet sport shooter

Alexander Melentyev

Melentyev at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow

Personal information

Nationality

Soviet Union

Kyrgyzstan

Born

(1954-06-27)27 June 1954
Penza, Russian SFSR, USSR

Died

16 February 2015(2015-02-16) (aged 60)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Sport

Shooting

Event(s)

50 metre pistol, 25 metre, 10 metre

Medal record

Men's shooting

	1980 Moscow	50 m pistol

Alexander Remmovich Melentyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a Soviet competitive sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. He was the first Olympic gold medalist from Kyrgyzstan.^[1]

Bio

Melentyev was born in the Russian city of Penza but grew up in the Kyrgyz SSR.^[1]

At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Melentyev achieved a world record result of 581 (from 600, without final) in the 50 m pistol event in setting a new world and a new Olympic record. The world record was surpassed by Jin Jong-oh at the 2014 World Championships; with his score of 581 Melentyev remains the current Olympic record holder.

Current Olympic record held in 50 m Pistol
Men	Qualification	581	Alexander Melentyev (USSR)	July 20, 1980	Moscow (USSR)	edit
Current world record held in 25 m Standard Pistol
Men	Teams	1725	Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Melentyev, Turla) Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Basinski, Pyzhianov)	September 10, 1985 September 8, 1986	Osijek (YUG) Suhl (GDR)	edit

References

^ ^a ^b Некролог в связи с кончиной первого Олимпийского чемпиона – кыргызстанца Александра Мелентьева [Obituary of the first Olympic champion of Kyrgyzstan Alexander Melentyev] (in Russian). Kabar. 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.