Kanstantsin Leonidovich Lukashyk (Belarusian: Канстанцін Леонідовіч Лукашык, Kanstancin Leonidovič Łukašyk, born September 18, 1975 in Hrodna) is a Belarusian pistol shooter, most known for winning the 50 metre pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 16. During his last shot, he raised his arm 4 times but kept his nerve and eventually pulled the trigger just seconds before the 75 second time limit ran out. He ended up scoring a 9.9 which was enough to beat a field of 5 other Olympic champions, including Ragnar Skanåker who was 42 years older than Lukashyk.[3][4] As of 2022, he is the youngest Olympic champion in shooting [5]
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Full name | Kanstantsin Leonidovich Lukashyk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | September 18, 1975 (1975-09-18) (age 47) Hrodna, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Oleg Pishukevich[1] Vladimir Shilov[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The year before Barcelona, Lukashyk became both the World Junior Champion and European Junior Champion in pistol shooting, the latter in which he won both 10 meter and 50 meter events. These wins combined with a strong win at the CIS championships right before Barcelona helped him get a spot on the Olympic team.[6][7]
The year after Barcelona, Lukashyk set a junior world record in 10 metre air pistol (lasting until 2006), and has ever since been a regular member of the Belarusian national team, with varying results including some medals at ISSF World Cups.
He has competed at six Olympics so far, from 1992 to 2012.[8][9]
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Event | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
50 metre pistol | ![]() 567+91 |
4th 564+96.1 |
9th 560 |
37th 539 |
10th 558 |
30th 547 |
10 metre air pistol | — | 9th 580 |
15th 577 |
13th 579 |
26th 575 |
11th 582 |
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Olympic champions in men's 50 metre pistol | |
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1 In 1896, the competition distance of the event was 30 metres. 2 In 1908, the competition distance of the event was 50 yards. |