Matej Medveď (3 July 1996 – 25 July 2020) was a Slovak sport shooter who competes in the men's 10 metre air rifle.[1] He competed for Slovakia at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy and 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.
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Nationality | Slovak | ||||||||||||||
Born | Brezno, Slovakia | 3 July 1996||||||||||||||
Died | 25 July 2020 Košice, Slovakia | (aged 24)||||||||||||||
Height | 63 kg | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 1.76 m | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m air rifle 50 m air rifle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Dukla Banská Bystrica | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Zoltán Baláž | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Death
editMedveď died unexpectedly after a shooting competition in Košice aged 24. He was buried on 30 July 2020, in his hometown Brezno.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Matej Medveď". Olympic.sk. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Matej Medveď, a representative in sport shooting, died at the age of 24, the funeral will be on Thursday". Olympic.sk. Retrieved 9 July 2021.