Beat Müller
Beat Müller (born 8 February 1978 in Bern) is a Swiss sport shooter.[2] He won a bronze medal in the men's 300 m rifle prone (300FR60PR) at the 2008 European Shooting Championships in Granada, Spain, accumulating a score of 599 points. Muller is also a member of Sportschützen Taters, and is coached and trained by former Olympian Wolfram Waibel Jr. of Austria.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
| Born | 8 February 1978 Bern, Switzerland[1] |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR60) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (FR3X40) 300 m rifle prone (300FR60PR) 300 m rifle 3 positions (300FR3X40) 300 m standard rifle (300STR3X20) |
| Club | Sportschützen Taters[1] |
| Coached by | Wolfram Waibel Jr.[1] |
Muller represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed in the men's 50 m rifle 3 positions, along with his teammate Marcel Bürge. He was able to shoot 395 targets in a prone position, 380 in standing, and 389 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,164 points, finishing only in twenty-first place.[3]
At the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships, he won a gold medal the 300m standard rifle team event, along with teammates Marcel Bürge and Olivier Schaffter.
References
- "ISSF Profile – Beat Müller". ISSF. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beat Müller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.