Erich Buljung
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 Erich Buljung (1988) |
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | Seoul 1988 | Air pistol 10 m |
| World championships | ||
| silver | Caracas 1982 | Free pistol (M) |
| silver | Caracas 1982 | Air pistol (M) |
| bronze | Caracas 1982 | Standard pistol (M) |
| bronze | Moscow 1990 | Standard pistol (M) |
| Pan American Games | ||
| gold | Caracas 1983 | Large caliber pistol 25 m |
| gold | Caracas 1983 | Standard pistol 25 m |
| gold | Caracas 1983 | Free pistol 50 m |
| silver | Caracas 1983 | Large caliber pistol 25 m (M) |
| gold | Caracas 1983 | Standard pistol 25 m (M) |
| silver | Caracas 1983 | Free pistol 50 m (M) |
| gold | Indianapolis 1987 | Standard pistol 25 m |
| silver | Indianapolis 1987 | Free pistol 50 m |
| bronze | Indianapolis 1987 | Free pistol 50 m (M) |
Erich Buljung (born March 21, 1944 in Yugoslavia ) is a former American sports shooter .
successes
Erich Buljung took part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and 1988 in Seoul in part. In 1984 he competed with the free pistol and finished the competition in ninth place. Four years later he qualified with the air pistol with 590 points as the first to qualify for the final. In this he achieved a further 97.9 points, the fifth-best final result, and finished with 687.9 total points behind Tanju Kirjakow and ahead of Xu Haifeng, silver. At world championships in 1982 in Caracas he was runner-up in the team competitions with the free pistol and the air pistol. In addition, he secured bronze with the standard pistol team, which he also achieved in 1990 in Moscow . In 1983 Buljung won the gold medal in the individual competitions at the Pan American Games in Caracas with the free pistol, the large- bore pistol and the standard pistol. He was also victorious in the team competition with the standard pistol, while he won silver with the team in the other two disciplines. In 1987, in Indianapolis , he again took first place with the standard pistol and came second with the free pistol. He finished the team competition with the free pistol in third place.
Buljung was a professional soldier and served in the US Army for over 25 years , including in Vietnam . He graduated from Troy University with a degree in Criminal Justice . At times he was national trainer for the US pistol shooters.
Web links
- Erich Buljung in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
- Erich Buljung in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Buljung, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yugoslavia |