Pang Wei (Chinese: 庞伟; born 19 July 1986) is a Chinese Olympic sport shooter. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the same event, at the age of 20.

Pang Wei
Pang Wei at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 (age 38)
Baoding, Hebei
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 meter air pistol, 50 meter pistol
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 10 m air pistol mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 10 m air pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 10 m air pistol
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Kuwait City 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Doha 50 m pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kuwait City 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 10 m air pistol team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kuwait City 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kuwait City 50 m pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kuwait City 50 m pistol
ISSF World Cup Final
Silver medal – second place 2009 10 m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2007 10 m air pistol

On 29 November 2009, Pang married two-time Olympic shooting champion Du Li in his hometown of Baoding, Hebei.[1]

Career

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On July 23, 2006, Pang Wei won the men's 10m air pistol championship at the Zagreb World Championships.[2]

On August 20, 2011, Pang Wei won the runner-up in the men's 10m air pistol at the Shenzhen World University Games.[3]

On September 20, 2014, in the men's 50-meter slow-fire pistol team competition at the Incheon Asian Games, Pang Wei teamed up with Pu Qifeng and Wang Zhiwei to win the gold medal with 1692 points, winning the third gold medal for the Chinese team at the Incheon Asian Games.[4] On September 21, in the men's 10-meter air pistol team competition, Pang Wei, Pu Qifeng and Wang Zhiwei won the runner-up with 1743 rings.[5] On the same day, Pang Wei won the silver medal in the men's 10m air pistol individual final at the Incheon Asian Games.[6]

Pang Wei won the runner-up in the men's 50m slow-fire pistol event at the first stop of the 2016 Shooting World Cup.[7] On March 28, the 2016 Chinese Shooting Team Olympic Trials were held in Beijing. Pang Wei ranked first in the third men's 50m pistol slow-fire competition. He ranked first in the standings with a total score of 100 points and successfully obtained a ticket to this event at the Rio Olympics.[8] On May 22, at the Shooting World Cup in Munich, Pang Wei won the runner-up in the men's 50m slow-fire pistol with a score of 190.3.[9]

On August 30, 2017, the shooting competition of the 13th National Games continued at the Tianjin Tuanbo Sports Center Shooting Hall. In the men's 10-meter air pistol, Olympic champion Pang Wei won the sixth place.[10] On September 1, the 13th National Games shooting competition entered its final day at the Tianjin Tuanbo Sports Center shooting hall. In the 10m air pistol mixed team competition, Hebei team Pang Wei/Zhao Xu narrowly defeated Henan team He Zhengyang/Zhou Ying to win the gold medal.[11]

On November 21, 2019, Pang Wei won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol at the 2019 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Finals held in Putian, Fujian.[12]

In September 2020, Pang Wei won the championship in the men's 10m air pistol competition at the National Shooting Championship (Pistol Event) with a score of 242.5.[13]

On July 24, 2021, in the men's 10m air pistol shooting final at the Tokyo Olympics, Pang Wei won the bronze medal with 217.6 points, which is also his third medal in four Olympic Games.[14] On September 14, in the men's 10m air pistol team competition of rifle and pistol shooting at the 14th National Games, Olympic champion Pang Wei led Hebei athletes Zhang Jie and Hu Pengqi to win the championship.[15]

On September 14, 2021, after leading the Hebei team to win the men's 10-meter air pistol team championship at the National Games, Pang Wei revealed that he would retire after the National Games.[citation needed] On September 16, Pang Wei and Jiang Ranxin ranked 17th in the National Games 10m air pistol mixed team qualifying competition and were eliminated early.[16]

2008 Summer Olympics

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Pang won the gold medal in the men's 10 metre air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Having won China's first Olympic gold medal in shooting, he was awarded 2,000,000 renminbi (US$292,600) from Chinese sponsors.[17]

Major performances

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  • 2006 World Championships – 1st, 10 metre air pistol
  • 2007 World Cup Final – 3rd, 10 metre air pistol
  • 2007 National Intercity Games – 1st, 50 metre free pistol
  • 2008 Summer Olympics – 10, metre air pistol

References

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  1. ^ "杜丽庞伟结婚". Sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  2. ^ "中国射击小将扬威萨格勒布 世锦赛首日六金夺五" [Chinese shooting teenager wins five of six gold medals on first day of World Championships in Zagreb]. sports.sohu.com. 2006-07-25. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 首次参加国际比赛的庞伟不畏强手,夺得其中唯一的奥运项目———男子10米气手枪冠军。 [Pang Wei, who participated in the international competition for the first time, was not afraid of strong opponents and won the only Olympic event - the men's 10-meter air pistol championship.]
  3. ^ Zhong, Jin (2011-08-20). "大运会20日赛果:乒乓收官包揽7金 庞伟摘银牌" [Results of the Universiade on the 20th: Table tennis won 7 gold medals and Pang Wei won the silver medal]. sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 不过在射击赛场当天的中国"学生军"则显得略有松懈,奥运冠军庞伟在最后阶段失手错失金牌。 [However, the Chinese "student army" seemed a little lax on the day of the shooting competition, and Olympic champion Pang Wei missed the gold medal in the final stage.]
  4. ^ Lei, Yang; Xuerong, Hu (2014-09-20). "中国收获亚运第三金 夺男子50米气手枪慢射团体冠军" [China wins third gold medal at the Asian Games, winning the men's 50m air pistol slow-fire team championship]. sports.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 北京时间20日上午,中国队在仁川亚运会上收获第三枚金牌。在男子50米手枪慢射团体赛中,由庞伟、蒲琪峰和王智伟组成的中国队以1692环夺得金牌。 [On the morning of the 20th, Beijing time, the Chinese team won its third gold medal at the Incheon Asian Games. In the men's 50-meter slow-fire pistol team competition, the Chinese team composed of Pang Wei, Pu Qifeng and Wang Zhiwei won the gold medal with 1692 points.]
  5. ^ Lei, Yang; Xuerong, Hu (2014-09-21). "男子10米气手枪团体赛 韩国逆转摘金中国1环之差惜败" [Men's 10m air pistol team event: South Korea won the gold medal, China lost by one ring]. sports.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 北京时间9月21日上午,在仁川亚运会男子十米气手枪团体比赛中,秦钟午领衔的韩国队在最后一轮实现逆转,以1744环获得冠军,而由庞伟,王智伟和蒲琪峰组成的中国队以1743环遗憾获得亚军,印度队在最后一轮反超哈萨克斯坦,他们也打出了1743环,但内十环次数64次,少于中国队的65次,这样印度队获得第三。 [On the morning of September 21st, Beijing time, in the men's 10-meter air pistol team competition of the Incheon Asian Games, the South Korean team led by Qin Zhongwu achieved a reversal in the final round and won the championship with 1744 rings, while the Chinese team composed of Pang Wei, Wang Zhiwei and Pu Qifeng unfortunately won the runner-up with 1743 rings. The Indian team overtook Kazakhstan in the final round. They also scored 1743 rings, but the number of inner ten rings was 64, less than the 65 times of the Chinese team, so the Indian team won third place.]
  6. ^ Lei, Yang (2014-09-21). "男子10米气手枪个人赛 韩国新星夺冠庞伟获银牌" [Men's 10m air pistol individual competition: Korean rising star wins championship, Pang Wei wins silver medal]. sports.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 北京时间9月21日,仁川亚运会男子10米气手枪个人决赛,韩国队小将金清荣夺得金牌,中国名将庞伟获得银牌,韩国队秦钟午出现失误,获得一枚铜牌。 [On September 21, Beijing time, in the men's 10-meter air pistol individual final of the Incheon Asian Games, South Korean player Kim Chung-young won the gold medal, Chinese star Pang Wei won the silver medal, and South Korean player Qin Zhongwu made a mistake and won a bronze medal.]
  7. ^ "射击世界杯慢射庞伟摘银 运动手枪张靖婧夺冠" [Pang Wei wins silver in the World Cup slow-fire competition, Zhang Jingjing wins the championship in sports pistol]. www.163.com. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 2016年射击世界杯首站比赛在泰国曼谷继续进行,第二比赛日,男子50米手枪慢射中国选手庞伟和王智伟分获亚军和季军,印度射手拉伊-基图夺冠,女子25米运动手枪,中国名将张靖婧拿下冠军。 [The first stop of the 2016 Shooting World Cup continued in Bangkok, Thailand. On the second day of competition, in the men's 50m slow-fire pistol, Chinese athletes Pang Wei and Wang Zhiwei won the second and third place respectively, Indian shooter Rai Kittu won the championship, and in the women's 25m sports pistol, Chinese star Zhang Jingjing won the championship.]
  8. ^ Zhengxiang, Dong (2016-03-28). "金牌夫妻同获奥运会入场券 庞伟心中杜丽是英雄" [The gold medal couple won the Olympic tickets together. In Pang Wei's heart, Du Li is a hero]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 今天中午进行了男子50米手枪慢射第三场比赛,河北选手庞伟名列第一位,他以总积分100分名列积分榜第一位,顺利获得里约奥运会此项目的入场券。 [The third men's 50-meter slow-fire pistol competition was held at noon today. Hebei athlete Pang Wei ranked first. He ranked first in the standings with a total score of 100 points and successfully obtained a ticket for this event at the Rio Olympics.]
  9. ^ "射击世界杯庞伟摘银 张靖婧夺冠陈颖无缘决赛" [Pang Wei wins silver in Shooting World Cup, Zhang Jingjing wins gold, Chen Ying misses the final]. sports.ifeng.com. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 5月22日体育专电 国际射联射击世界杯慕尼黑站22日进行了女子25米运动手枪和男子50米手枪慢射两项角逐,中国名将张靖婧和庞伟分别在这两项上为中国队拿下一枚金牌和一枚银牌。 [May 22 Sports Special: The ISSF Shooting World Cup Munich Station held the women's 25m sport pistol and men's 50m slow-fire pistol competitions on the 22nd. Chinese stars Zhang Jingjing and Pang Wei won a gold medal and a silver medal for the Chinese team in these two events respectively.]
  10. ^ "男子10米气手枪谭宗亮夺金 奥运冠军庞伟第六" [Tan Zongliang wins gold in men's 10m air pistol, Olympic champion Pang Wei sixth]. sports.qq.com. 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 奥运冠军庞伟获得第六名。 [Olympic champion Pang Wei finished sixth.]
  11. ^ "全运会10米气手枪混合团体赛 庞伟/赵须夺金" [National Games 10m air pistol mixed team competition Pang Wei/Zhao Xu win gold]. sports.qq.com. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 北京时间9月1日,第十三届全运会射击比赛在天津团泊体育中心射击馆进入到最后一天。10米气手枪混合团体赛,河北队庞伟/赵须险胜河南组合何正阳/周莹,夺得金牌;10米气步枪混合团体,河北队的杨皓然/杜贝获得银牌,金牌被江苏的高霆捷/江婷夺走。 [On September 1, Beijing time, the 13th National Games shooting competition entered its final day at the Tianjin Tuanbo Sports Center shooting hall. In the 10m air pistol mixed team competition, Pang Wei/Zhao Xu of the Hebei team narrowly defeated the Henan combination He Zhengyang/Zhou Ying to win the gold medal; in the 10m air rifle mixed team, Yang Haoran/Du Bei of the Hebei team won the silver medal, and the gold medal was won by Gao Tingjie/Jiang Ting of Jiangsu.]
  12. ^ Jianfeng, Wu; Nan, Shen (2019-11-21). "国际射联世界杯总决赛:庞伟气手枪满贯 印度单日揽三金" [ISSF World Cup Finals: Pang Wei wins air pistol Grand Slam, India wins three gold medals in one day]. wappass.baidu.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 21日,2019国际射联步手枪世界杯总决赛在福建莆田决出四枚金牌,中国选手庞伟夺得男子10米气手枪金牌,王倩获得该项目女子铜牌,印度选手包揽男、女子10米气步枪和女子10米气手枪三项冠军。 [On the 21st, the 2019 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Finals decided four gold medals in Putian, Fujian. Chinese athlete Pang Wei won the men's 10m air pistol gold medal, Wang Qian won the women's bronze medal in the event, and Indian athletes won the men's and women's 10m air rifle and women's 10m air pistol championships.]
  13. ^ "全国射击冠军赛手枪项目结束 张梦雪庞伟夺冠" [National Shooting Championship Pistol Event Ends Zhang Mengxue and Pang Wei Win the Championship]. sports.sina.com.cn. 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 在男子10米气手枪比赛中,北京奥运会冠军庞伟以242.5环的成绩夺得冠军,贵州队谢瑜获得亚军,国家集训队王猛毅获得季军 [In the men's 10m air pistol competition, Beijing Olympic champion Pang Wei won the championship with a score of 242.5, Guizhou team's Xie Yu won the runner-up, and the national training team's Wang Mengyi won the third place.]
  14. ^ "男子10米气手枪庞伟摘铜张博文第六 伊朗枪手夺冠" [Pang Wei won bronze in men's 10m air pistol, Zhang Bowen was sixth, and Iranian shooter won gold]. 2020.sina.com.cn. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 北京时间7月24日,2020东京奥运会射击男子10米气手枪决赛在朝霞射击场结束争夺。中国老将庞伟以217.6环收获铜牌,这也是他在四届奥运会征战历程中收获的第三枚奖牌 [On July 24, Beijing time, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games shooting men's 10m air pistol finals ended at the Chaoxia Shooting Range. Chinese veteran Pang Wei won the bronze medal with 217.6 points, which is also his third medal in the four Olympic Games.]
  15. ^ "直击全运丨奥运冠军庞伟率河北射击健儿再夺一金" [Live coverage of the National Games: Olympic champion Pang Wei leads Hebei shooting athletes to win another gold medal]. wappass.baidu.com. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 9月14日,第十四届全国运动会步手枪射击来到了第二个比赛日,昨天男子10米气手枪团体比赛第一阶段中,奥运冠军庞伟率河北运动员张杰、胡鹏琦一路中稳扎稳打,以第二名成绩晋级。今天上午在第二阶段8进4的比赛中,三人依旧高水平发挥,以一环优势领先四川队和山东队,同福建队展开本场比赛的冠军争夺战,最终以16:14的成绩战胜福建队,为河北射击再添金。 [On September 14, the 14th National Games Rifle and Pistol Shooting came to the second competition day. Yesterday, in the first stage of the men's 10-meter air pistol team competition, Olympic champion Pang Wei led Hebei athletes Zhang Jie and Hu Pengqi to advance with the second place. This morning, in the second stage of the 8-to-4 competition, the three still played at a high level, leading the Sichuan team and the Shandong team by one ring, and started the championship battle with the Fujian team. In the end, they defeated the Fujian team with a score of 16:14, adding another gold medal to Hebei shooting.]
  16. ^ "全运会再爆冷门 奥运冠军组合出局,35岁老将退役" [Another upset at the National Games: Olympic champions eliminated, 35-year-old veteran retires]. sports.cctv.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05. 央视网消息:北京时间9月16日,陕西全运会10米气手枪混合团体资格赛爆出冷门,奥运冠军组合庞伟和姜冉馨排名第17位无缘下一轮,提前无缘争冠。 [CCTV News: On September 16, Beijing time, the Shaanxi National Games 10m air pistol mixed team qualifying competition produced an upset, with the Olympic champion combination of Pang Wei and Jiang Ranxin ranking 17th and missing out on the next round, thus losing the chance to compete for the championship in advance.]
  17. ^ 庞伟一枪射中200万 王义夫:他平常发挥比这还好-搜狐2008奥运
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