Dick Boschman

Dick Boschman
Personal information
Full nameDick Boschman
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1974-10-10) 10 October 1974 (age 50)
Elburg, Netherlands
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (FR3X40)
Club
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Pontevedra AR60
Silver medal – second place 2000 Munich AR60
Silver medal – second place 2004 Győr AR60

Dick Boschman (born 10 October 1974) is a Dutch sport shooter.[2] He has been selected to compete for the Netherlands in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has won a career tally of nine medals in a major international competition, spanning the ISSF World Cup series and the European Championships.[1] Boschman trains full-time under trainer Heinz Reinkemeier (GER) for the national team, while practicing at Oostendorp Shooting Range (Dutch: Schietvereniging Oostendorp) in his hometown Elburg.[1][3]

Boschman's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in a three-way tie with Argentina's Pablo Álvarez and France's Franck Badiou for thirty-first position in the air rifle, shooting 586 points out of a possible 600.[4][5]

Boschman showed his most potential form in bouncing back to the range by earning his only individual gold in the air rifle at the 2001 European Championships in Pontevedra, Spain with 697.8 points, solidifying a narrow 0.2-point lead upon silver medalist Péter Sidi of Hungary.[6] The next season had contributed to a much rapid improvement on Boschman, as he finished seventh in the final of his signature event at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Lahti, Finland. Boschman's score of 698.1 points had secured him an Olympic quota place for the Netherlands in his second Games.[1][7][8]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Boschman extended his Olympic program to three events in his repertoire, competing in both air and small-bore rifle shooting. Boschman started off with his signature event, 10 m air rifle, where he shot a frustrating 593 out of a possible 600 to tie for eighteenth with three other shooters.[9] Four days later, Boschman came up with an ill-fated aim to get 587 points in the qualifying round of the 50 m rifle prone that saw him toppling down the leaderboard to a distant fortieth in a 46-shooter field.[10] In his third and last event, the 50 m rifle 3 positions, Boschman marked a substantial 392 in prone and 381 each in both standing and kneeling to collect a total score of 1154 points, tying with Ukraine's Yuriy Sukhorukov for twenty-sixth place.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Dick Boschman". ISSF. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Boschman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ "'Ik had de trekker nog niet aangeraakt of de kogel was al weg'" ["I did not shoot the target directly, and now it's gone"] (in Dutch). Trouw. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's 10m Air Rifle" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 46–48. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ^ "China's Cai wins air rifle gold". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ^ "EK Schieten: Boschman wint 10 m karabijn" [European Shooting Champs: Boschman wins 10m air rifle] (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. 16 March 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Schutter Boschman genomineerd voor spelen 2004" [Shooter Boschman is nominated for the 2004 Games] (in Dutch). NU.nl. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle Prone Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.