Mario Knögler
Mario Knögler  
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Mario Knögler in the small caliber prone attack during training in May 2004. |
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 Austria
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| birthday | 2nd July 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth |
Wels , Austria
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| size | 176 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline |
Sports shooting crossbow shooting |
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| Classes | Air rifle (LG) small caliber (KK) large caliber (GK) |
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| society | PSV Wels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Hubert Bichler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mario Knögler (born July 2, 1979 in Wels , Upper Austria ) is a former Austrian sports shooter .
Career
Before Mario Knögler discovered shooting for himself, he was an excellent indoor hockey player . Due to a knee injury, however, he was forced to give up this sport. Since then, he practices in the shooting sports and operates this since he was thirteen as a competitive sport . He currently lives in Marchtrenk . His disciplines are the Olympic air rifle and small bore rifle . His club is the Wels Police Sports Club and the German Bayern League Club SG Zaitzkofen, where he still actively participates in the competitions.
For a long time he was a sports soldier , a regular soldier at the Linz Army Sports Center of the Austrian Armed Forces .
In September 2012 he married his wife Christine in Bad Abbach (a small suburb of Regensburg in Germany).
His greatest successes so far have been the European championship title with the air rifle in Moscow in 2006 and the European championship title in the small caliber competition 60 rounds lying in Bordeaux 1999.
Mario Knögler represented Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .
successes
Air rifle
- 2006: European Champion in Moscow (RUS), 2nd place team
- 2005: 4th place European Championship in Tallinn (EST), European Champion Team, Grand Prix winner in Pilsen (CZE)
- 2004: 8th place World Cup in Sydney (AUS)
- 2002: 3rd place World Cup in Shanghai (CHN)
- 2001: 3rd place World Cup in Atlanta (USA), 6th place World Cup in Seoul (KOR)
- 2000: 5th place World Cup in Milan (I), 6th place World Cup in Atlanta (USA), 9th place Olympic Games in Sydney
- 1999: 50-nation tournament winner in Munich-Hochbrück in the junior class, 3rd place in the Junior European Championship 1999 in Arnhem (NL)
- 1998: European Junior Champion in Tallinn (EST)
Small caliber
- 2008 6th place Olympic Games in Beijing 3x40
- 2006: 3rd place World Cup in Milan (ITA) 60 shots lying down, 2nd place World Championship in Zagreb (CRO) team competition 60 shots lying down, 2nd place World Championship in Zagreb (CRO) team competition 3x40 shots
- 2005: 3rd place World Cup final in Munich (GER) 60 shots lying, 2nd place European Championship Belgrade (SCG) 60 shots lying, 2nd place World Cup in Fort Benning (USA) 3x40 shots, 2nd place World Cup in Munich (GER ) 60 shots prone
- 2004: 16th place Olympic Games in Athens (GRE) 60 shots prone, 2nd place World Cup in Milan (ITA) 60 shots prone, 7th place World Cup in Sydney (AUS) 3x40 shots
- 2003: European champion with new world record in Pilsen (CZE) 60 shots lying team, European champion with new world record in Pilsen (CZE) 3x40 shot team, 3rd place World Cup in Fort Benning (USA) 60 shots lying, 6th place World Cup in Fort Benning (USA) 3x40 rounds
- 2002: 1st place World Cup in Sydney (AUS) 60 shots lying, quota place for the 2004 Olympic Games, 3rd place World Cup in Shanghai (CHN) 60 shots lying, 2nd place World Cup in Milan (ITA) 60 shots lying, 1. 3rd place World Cup in Milan (ITA) 3x40 shots
- 2001: 1st place World Cup in Seoul (KOR) 60 shots prone, 2nd place World Cup in Munich (GER) 60 shots prone
- 2000: 9th place 3x40 shots at the Olympic Games in Sydney, 9th place 60 shots lying down at the Olympic Games in Sydney
- 1999: European Champion 60 shots lying in Bordeaux (FRA) and quota place for the 2000 Olympic Games
- 1998: Junior Vice World Champion in the three-position match in Barcelona (SPA)
Awards (excerpt)
Web links
- Mario Knögler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official website
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Knögler, Mario |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knoegler, Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sports shooter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd July 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wels , Upper Austria , Austria |