Victor Auer

Victor Auer medal table
Sport shooting
United States United States
Olympic games
silver	Munich 1972	KK lying 50 m
World championships
silver	Thun 1974	KK lying 50 m (M)
Pan American Games
gold	Cali 1971	KK lying 50 m
gold	Cali 1971	KK lying 50 m (M)
gold	Mexico City 1975	KK lying 50 m (M)

Victor Lee "Vic" Auer (born March 24, 1937 in Santa Ana , † May 3, 2011 in Thousand Oaks ) was an American sports shooter .

successes

Victor Auer took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and 1976 in Montreal with the small-bore rifle in the prone position over 50 m in part. In 1972 he scored 598 points, one point behind Olympic champion Ri Ho-jun . Due to the better last series of shots, Auer was classified ahead of Nicolae Rotaru , who was tied on points , and won the silver medal. Four years later he did not get past 31st place with 588 points. In 1974 Auer was runner-up in the team competition with the small-bore rifle in the prone position in Thun . He won three gold medals at Pan-American Games : in 1971 he won both the individual and team competitions in Cali with the small-bore rifle in the prone position, and in 1975 he was again successful with the team in Mexico City .

Auer served in both the US Air Force and the US Army . He also studied at UCLA . After his active career he worked as a screenwriter and shooting sports trainer.

Web links

Victor Auer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Shooting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
↑ Shooting at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
↑ Victor L. Auer. In: thecmp.org. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Auer, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Auer, Victor Lee (full name); Auer, Vic
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American marksman
DATE OF BIRTH	March 24, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santa Ana , United States
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 2011
Place of death	Thousand Oaks , United States

[1] Shooting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .

[2] Shooting at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .

[3] Victor L. Auer. In: thecmp.org. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .