Michael Winter (sport shooter)

Michael Winter (born May 20, 1976 in Munich) is a German sport shooter.[2][1] Winter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events.

Michael Winter

Personal information
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1976-05-20) 20 May 1976 Munich, West Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 m air rifle (AR60) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Club	HSG München[1]
Coached by	Claus Dieter Roth[1]

In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Winter was able to hit a total of 588 points within six attempts, finishing thirty-sixth in the qualifying rounds.[3] Few days later, he placed thirty-first in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Bürge from the final attempt, with a total score of 590 points.[4] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Winter was able to shoot 396 targets in a prone position, and 385 each in standing and in kneeling, for a total score of 1,166 points, finishing only in seventeenth place.[5]