Kurt Artner

Kurt Artner (born June 8, 1961 in Vienna ; † October 10, 2005 , ibid) was an Austrian sports shooter .

Artner was a deputy lieutenant in the Austrian Armed Forces and one of eight Austrian Armed Forces athletes in pistol shooting. He competed in international military competitions in the disciplines of military rapid fire pistol and center fire pistol, where he has won individual and team medals since 1994 and was involved in the current Austrian military record ZF / team. At the 2nd World Military Games in Zagreb in 1999 , he won the bronze medal in the central fire pistol / team competition, the first team medal in this discipline for Austria. He was even more successful in 2000 as the vice world champion military rapid fire pistol team and winner of another bronze medal in the ZF team competition at the military world championships in Ankara .

As part of the Schützenbund, he took part in several international tournaments and European championships as a member of the national team in the air, standard and center fire pistol disciplines. He also won team and individual medals, including the bronze medal standard pistol team at the EM 2003 in Pilsen . He is also the holder of the Austrian records center fire team as well as LP 5 individual and team.

From a UN mission in Cyprus he brought three trophies from military competitions of the contingents stationed there from eight nations.

At the annual military command area championships he was a total of nine times military command area master with the pistol 80 and with the assault rifle 77 (StG 77) in the individual and team competitions.

At the Army Championships he won the bronze medal in the pistol competition with the team in 1993 and 2003 and the silver medal in 1994. In 1996 he finished third in the assault rifle and was the fourth Viennese participant to receive the silver shooting badge. In 2003 he won the bronze medal StG 77 team. In 1997 he became Vice Army Master P 80 Elite Class and Army Master P 80 Team.

The non-commissioned officer of the Vienna Jägerregiment was also able to achieve great success in the Austrian Rifle Federation. In the disciplines of air pistol precision as well as LP 5 standard competition, LP 5 OSP competition, sport pistol, standard pistol, free pistol and center fire pistol, he was a total of eighty-five times Viennese champion (of which in the air pistol competition alone from 1992 to 1999 seven times in a row in individual and fourteen times in a row in team competition from 1992 to 2005). From 1998 to 2001 he acquired five Lower Austrian provincial championships in the fire pistol disciplines for the Stockerau shooting club .

In addition, he was the holder of six Viennese air pistol state records in the men's class (basic program, final program and team, LP 5 standard competition individual and team and LP 5 OSP individual competition) as well as the Viennese state records in the competitions standard pistol individual, central fire pistol individual and team as well Sports pistol single.

At the Austrian (state) championships he has won six bronze medals and the title of vice (state) champion seven times. In 2002, 2003 and 2005 he was Austrian champion in the LP 5 team competition and in 2002 he was crowned Austrian national champion center fire pistol individual and team.

At the Austrian Cup he won a total of eighteen medals, ten of which were gold as the Austrian Cup winner.

The high point in 1998 was winning three gold medals at the Asia Pacific Masters Games in Australia, which after the cancellation of the shooting competitions at the World Masters Games can be viewed as a senior world championship. He won the standard pistol, center fire pistol and air pistol disciplines in the age group up to 39.

In October 2005, Artner committed suicide. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Web links

• Encyclopedia Who is Who in Austria 1997