Niki Marty

Niki Marty
Personal information
Full nameNiki Marty
Nationality Switzerland
Born (1973-10-13) 13 October 1973 (age 51)
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP)
ClubSchützengesellschaft Küsnacht[1]
Coached byKrzysztof Kucharczyk[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Lahti RFP

Niki Marty (born 13 October 1973 in Zürich) is a Swiss sport shooter.[2] He won a bronze medal in rapid fire pistol shooting at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland, and was selected to compete for Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in twelfth place.[1] Marty trains under Polish-born head coach and four-time Olympian Krzysztof Kucharczyk for the national team at Küsnacht Shooting Range (German: Schützengesellschaft Küsnacht) in his native Zürich.[1]

Marty first came to prominence on the global scene at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland, where he claimed the bronze medal in rapid fire pistol shooting with 688.3, falling behind the German duo Marco Spangenberg and 1996 Olympic champion Ralf Schumann by a two-point gap.[3][4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Marty qualified for the Swiss squad in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol. He had registered a minimum qualifying score of 588 to gain an Olympic quota place for Switzerland, following his third-place finish at the Worlds two years earlier.[5][6] Marty fired a total score of 577 points to force a two-way tie with Hungary's four-time Olympian Lajos Pálinkás for twelfth place in the qualifying round, failing to advance to the final.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Niki Marty". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Niki Marty". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Dritter WM-Titel von Bürge" [Bürge takes the third World title] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Bilanz: Gold, Silber und Bronze" [Record: Gold, silver, and bronze] (in German). Swissinfo. 16 July 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Olympia: Weitere Selektionen für Athen" [Olympics: Other selections in Athens] (in German). News.ch. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Shooting: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Dritter WM-Titel von Bürge" [Bürge takes the third World title] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2015.


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