Matej Mészáros

Matej Mészáros (born April 26, 1982 in Bratislava) is a Slovak sport shooter.[2] He was selected to compete for the Slovak team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth in air rifle. Having started the sport since the age of eight, Meszaros trained as a member of the shooting team for the Slovak Republic State Sport Representation Centre of Interior Ministry (Slovak: Stredisko štátnej športovej reprezentácie MV SR) in his native Bratislava under personal coach František Fesco.[1]

Matej Mészáros
Personal information
Full nameMatej Mészáros
Nationality Slovakia
Born (1982-04-26) 26 April 1982
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
ClubSSSR MV SR Bratislava[1]
Coached byFrantišek Fesco[1]

Meszaros qualified for the Slovak squad in the men's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having attained a minimum qualifying score of 595 and finishing sixth to secure one of the Olympic slots available from the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.[3][4] Meszaros shot 594 out of 600 points to finish in a seventh-place tie with four other shooters in the qualifying stage, but fell abruptly in a shoot-off for the final round by 100 to 98, dropping him to ninth.[5]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Matej Mészáros". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matej Mészáros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. "OH: Podmienky pre Atény splnilo 64 Slovákov" [Olympics: Podmienky sends 64 Slovaks to Athens] (in Slovak). Pravdalocation=Slovakia. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. "Göncimu titul, olympijská miestenka pre Mészárosa" [Gönci wins the title, Olympic quota for Mészáros] (in Slovak). Slovak Olympic Committee. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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