Nguyễn Mạnh Tường (sport shooter)

Nguyen Manh Tuong (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Mạnh Tường; born June 15, 1960) is a Vietnamese sport shooter.[1] He won a bronze medal for the men's 25 m centre-fire pistol (CFP) at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, with a score of 586 points.[2][3]

Nguyen Manh Tuong
Personal information
Nationality Vietnam
Born (1960-06-15) 15 June 1960
Kim Sơn, Ninh Bình, Vietnam
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
25 m centre fire pistol (CFP)
50 m pistol (FP)
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Vietnam
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan CFP

At age forty-four, Nguyen made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished forty-first in the men's 10 m air pistol by one point behind Chinese Taipei's Chang Yi Ning, with a score of 568 points.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nguyen competed for the second time in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 572 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by three points ahead of Ukraine's Ivan Rybovalov from the final attempt, finishing only in thirty-fourth place.[4] Three days later, Nguyen placed thirty-eighth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by two points ahead of Poland's Wojciech Knapik from the final attempt, with a total score of 543 targets.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nguyen Manh Tuong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. "From the press: Vietnam targeting gold". China Daily. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "ISSF Profile – Nguyen Manh Tuong". ISSF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. "Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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