Ruslan Vladimirovich Lunev ( azerb. Ruslan Vladimiroviç Lunev ; born 1989 , Baku ) - an Azerbaijani shooter, a member of the Azerbaijan national shooting team, represented his country at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics .
| Ruslan Lunev | |
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| Azerb. Ruslan Vladimiroviç Lunev | |
| general information | |
| Full name | Ruslan Vladimirovich Lunev |
| Citizenship |  Azerbaijan |
| Date of Birth | 1989 |
| Place of Birth | Baku , Azerbaijan SSR |
| Kind of shooting sport | pistol shooting |
| Professional career | 2002 - n. at. |
| Trainers in the present time | Vladimir Lunev |
| Height Weight | (183 cm / 80 kg ) |
| Education | Master of Sports Academy |
Biography
Ruslan Lunev was born in 1989 in Baku [1] . His mother, Irada Ashumova , is the bronze medalist of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in bullet shooting, and his father Vladimir Lunev is the personal trainer of Ashumova [2] and the national team coach. Also Vladimir Lunev is a personal trainer of Ruslan [1] . Ruslan Lunev has been engaged in shooting since 2002 [1] .
Lunev began to participate in competitions in 2006 [1] . In 2007, Ruslan Lunev won first place in the Azerbaijan Championship among young men in 10-meter shooting from an air pistol, gaining 383 points and setting a new national record [3] . In January 2010, Ruslan Lunev became the winner of the super final of the international bullet shooting tournament Olden Cup, held in Norway [4] .
In 2013, he became the winner of the Shota Kveliashvili Cup in Georgia [5] . In May 2015, Ruslan Lunev took part in the World Cup in bullet shooting in the American city of Fort Benning , where he shot 577 points in qualifying in a speedy pistol shooting and took 22nd place among 55 participants, without breaking through to the final [6] . In June of the same year, at the World Cup in bullet shooting in Munich, Ruslan Lunev knocked out 579 points in the preliminary round from a pistol in the preliminary round and took 10th place among 76 participants [7] .
In 2016, the International Sport Shooting Federation issued a wild card to Ruslan Lunev, thanks to which he will compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro [8] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Profile on the ISSF website
- ↑ Our champions
- ↑ Azerbaijani champion Ruslan Lunev set a new record
- ↑ Ruslan Lunev won the Olden Cup super final (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Ruslan Lunev became the winner of the bullet shooting tournament in Tbilisi
- ↑ Ruslan Lunev took the 22nd place at the World Cup in the USA (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Shooter Ruslan Lunev entered the top ten at the World Cup in Germany
- ↑ Shooter Ruslan Lunev will represent Azerbaijan at Rio 2016