Matej Mészáros (born 26 April 1982 in Bratislava) is a Slovak sport shooter.[2] He was selected to compete for the Slovak team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth in air rifle. Having started the sport since the age of eight, Meszaros trained as a member of the shooting team for the Slovak Republic State Sport Representation Centre of Interior Ministry (Slovak: Stredisko štátnej športovej reprezentácie MV SR) in his native Bratislava under personal coach František Fesco.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matej Mészáros |
| Nationality |  Slovakia |
| Born | 26 April 1982 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event | 10 m air rifle (AR40) |
| Club | SSSR MV SR Bratislava[1] |
| Coached by | František Fesco[1] |
Meszaros qualified for the Slovak squad in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having attained a minimum qualifying score of 595 and finishing sixth to secure one of the Olympic slots available from the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.[3][4] Meszaros shot 594 out of 600 points to finish in a seventh-place tie with four other shooters in the qualifying stage, but fell abruptly in a shoot-off for the final round by 100 to 98, dropping him to ninth.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Matej Mészáros". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matej Mészáros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "OH: Podmienky pre Atény splnilo 64 Slovákov" [Olympics: Podmienky sends 64 Slovaks to Athens] (in Slovak). Slovakia: Pravda. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Göncimu titul, olympijská miestenka pre Mészárosa" [Gönci wins the title, Olympic quota for Mészáros] (in Slovak). Slovak Olympic Committee. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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