Eduard Alayev (אדוארד אלייב; also Ilyav or Elyav; born December 4, 1967) is an Israeli former Olympic sport shooter.[1][2]

Eduard Alayev
Personal information
Birth nameאדוארד אלייב
Born (1967-12-04) December 4, 1967 (age 56)
Russia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Israel
SportSport shooting
Event
  • Men's 10 metre running target

He is Jewish, and was born in Russia.[3][4] He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 73 kg (161 lb).[4]

Sport shooting career

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He started competing in 1981, and his coach is Marcel Cohen.[4]

He competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre running target at the age of 24, and came in tied for 15th with a score of 564.[1][2][5]

In World Cup competitions in the running target, he won one gold medal (Guatemala City 1992), one silver medal (Milan 1993), and one bronze medal (Guatemala City 1994).[4][6] He finished 28th at the 1998 Munich World Cup running target competition.[3] He finished 36th in the running target competition at the 1999 Milan World Cup, with a score of 555 total points.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shooting sports - Eduard Elyav (Israel)". the-sports.org.
  2. ^ a b "Eduard Elyav Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ^ a b c "Elyav, Eduard"
  4. ^ a b c d "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". issf-sports.org.
  5. ^ "Official Reports"
  6. ^ "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". issf-sports.org.
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