Johannes Sauer

Johannes Sauer
Personal information
Nationality  Canada
Born (1968-02-16) 16 February 1968
Johannesburg, South Africa[1]
Residence Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
Club SCMRA[1]
Coached by Saul MIller[1]

Johannes Sauer (born February 16, 1968 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African-born Canadian sport shooter.[2] He is a two-time Canadian shooting champion, and a gold medalist for the rifle prone at the 2005 Championships of the Americas in Salinas, California.[1]

Sauer represented his adopted nation Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 50 m rifle prone. He finished only in forty-fourth place by one point behind South Korea's Park Bong-Duk from the fifth attempt, for a total score of 587 targets.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "ISSF Profile – Johannes Sauer". ISSF. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. "Johannes Sauer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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