Yury Tsuranov

Yury Filaretovich Tsuranov (Russian: Юрий Филаретович Цуранов, 2 January 1936 – 15 March 2008) was a Soviet Olympic skeet shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Olympics and finished in 4th, 13th and 10th place, respectively.[1] Between 1958 and 1975 Tsuranov won three individual and seven team gold medals at the world championships; he became European champion 10 times and Soviet champion 11 times. He had the world's best result (200 out of 200) in 1971. Earlier at the 1963 Soviet Championships Tsuranov and his rival Yevgeni Petrov hit 200 targets out of 200, followed by three series of 25 out of 25. Then the jury stopped the contest and awarded gold medals to both shooters.[2]

Yury Tsuranov
Tsuranov c. 1972
Personal information
Born(1936-01-02)2 January 1936
Nerchinsk, Soviet Union
Died15 March 2008(2008-03-15) (aged 72)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSports shooting
Event(s)Olympic skeet
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1958 MoscowTeam
Silver medal – second place1959 CairoIndividual
Silver medal – second place1962 CairoIndividual
Silver medal – second place1962 CairoTeam
Silver medal – second place1962 WiesbadenTeam
Gold medal – first place1967 BolognaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1967 BolognaIndividual
Gold medal – first place1969 San SebastianIndividual
Gold medal – first place1969 San SebastianTeam
Gold medal – first place1970 PhoenixTeam
Silver medal – second place1970 PhoenixIndividual
Gold medal – first place1971 BolognaIndividual
Gold medal – first place1971 BolognaTeam
Gold medal – first place1973 MelbourneTeam
Silver medal – second place1973 MelbourneIndividual
Gold medal – first place1974 BernTeam
Silver medal – second place1974 BernIndividual
Gold medal – first place1975 MunichIndividual

Tsuranov graduated from the Moscow institute of noble metals and since 1960 lived in Sverdlovsk. He was the head coach of the Soviet (1978–79) and Russian (1978–89) shooting teams.[2]

Tsuranov died in 2008. He was survived by sons Aleksandr[2] and Konstantin. Konstantin competed in skeet shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

References

  1. "Yury Tsuranov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ЦУРАНОВ ЮРИЙ ФИЛАРЕТОВИЧ. sportufo.ru


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