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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christian_Reitz > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christian_Reitz.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reitz > Source revision: 1322832398 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German sport shooter (born 1987)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=November 2010}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=April 2022|Christian Reitz (Sportschütze)}} }} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Christian Reitz | image = | nationality = German | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [Löbau](/source/L%C3%B6bau), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) | height = 1.85 m | weight = 85 kg | country = Germany | sport = [Shooting](/source/Shooting_sports) | event = [Air pistol](/source/Air_gun) | club = SV Kriftel | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [shooting](/source/Shooting_sports)}} {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}} {{MedalGold|[2016 Rio de Janeiro](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics)|[25 m rapid fire pistol](/source/Shooting_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_25_metre_rapid_fire_pistol)}} {{MedalBronze|[2008 Beijing](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics)|[25 m rapid fire pistol](/source/Shooting_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_25_metre_rapid_fire_pistol)}} {{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2022 Cairo](/source/2022_ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships)|{{nowrap|25 m standard pistol mixed team}}}} {{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|25 m center fire pistol}} {{MedalGold|[2023 Baku](/source/2023_ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships)|25 m center fire pistol}} {{MedalGold|2023 Baku|25 m center fire pistol team}} {{MedalSilver|[2018 Changwon](/source/2018_ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships)|25 m center fire pistol}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Changwon|{{nowrap|25 m team rapid fire pistol}}}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo|25 m standard pistol}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|25 m rapid fire pistol team}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|25 m standard pistol team}} {{MedalBronze|[2025 Cairo](/source/2025_ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships)|{{nowrap|10 m air pistol team}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Games](/source/European_Games)}} {{Medal|Gold|[2015 Baku](/source/2015_European_Games)|[25 m rapid fire pistol](/source/Shooting_at_the_2015_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_25_metre_rapid_fire_pistol)}} {{Medal|Gold|2015 Baku|[10 m air pistol mixed team](/source/Shooting_at_the_2015_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Mixed_10_metre_air_pistol)}} {{Medal|Gold|[2023 Kraków-Małopolska](/source/2023_European_Games)|{{nowrap|[10 m air pistol team](/source/Shooting_at_the_2023_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_10_metre_air_pistol)}}}} {{Medal|Silver|[2019 Minsk](/source/2019_European_Games)|[25 m standard pistol mixed team](/source/Shooting_at_the_2019_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Mixed_team_25_metre_standard_pistol)}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|[25 m rapid fire pistol](/source/Shooting_at_the_2023_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_25_metre_rapid_fire_pistol)}} {{Medal|Bronze|2019 Minsk|[10 m air pistol mixed team](/source/Shooting_at_the_2019_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Mixed_team_10_metre_air_pistol)}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Shooting_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2013 Osijek](/source/2013_European_Shooting_Championships)|25 m RF pistol team}} {{MedalSilver|[2013 Osijek](/source/2013_European_Shooting_Championships)|{{nowrap|25 m center fire pistol}}}} {{MedalSilver| [2025 Châteauroux](/source/2025_European_Shooting_Championships)|25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Team}} {{MedalBronze|[2013 Osijek](/source/2013_European_Shooting_Championships)|25 m rapid fire pistol}} }} '''Christian Reitz''' (born 29 April 1987) is a German [25 metre rapid fire pistol](/source/25_metre_rapid_fire_pistol) [shooter](/source/Shooting_sports), the current world record holder. ==Career== He rose to fame during 2005, the first year with the new equipment rules, but was defeated in that year's European Junior Championships by teammate [Philipp Wagenitz](/source/Philipp_Wagenitz) before finishing his junior career with victories in the [2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships](/source/2006_ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships) and the 2007 European Championships.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} In his first year as a senior,{{when|date=November 2010}} Reitz won two World Cup competitions and was the runner-up behind three-time Olympic champion [Ralf Schumann](/source/Ralf_Schumann) at another, equalling the world record with a 591 score in [Milan](/source/Milan), and raising Schumann's final world record from 790.0 to 794.0.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} At the [2008 Olympics](/source/Shooting_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics), he won the bronze medal behind [Oleksandr Petriv](/source/Oleksandr_Petriv) and Schumann.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/christian-reitz-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/christian-reitz-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}} ==Performance timeline== ===25 metre rapid fire pistol=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center" ! ! 2008 ! 2009 |- | style="text-align: left"|Olympic Games | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Bronze3}} [Bronze](/source/Shooting_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_25_metre_rapid_fire_pistol)
579+200.3 | style="color: #cccccc"|Not held |- | style="text-align: left"|World Championships | colspan=2 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held |- | style="text-align: left"|European Championships | style="color: #cccccc"|Not held | |- | style="text-align: left"|World Cup 1 | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} [Gold](/source/2008_ISSF_World_Cup)
588+197.6 | style="background: #ccffcc" | [4th](/source/2009_ISSF_World_Cup)
589+195.4 |- | style="text-align: left"|World Cup 2 | — | — |- | style="text-align: left"|World Cup 3 | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Silver2}} [Silver](/source/2008_ISSF_World_Cup)
585+201.4 | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} [Gold](/source/2009_ISSF_World_Cup)
584+201.3 |- | style="text-align: left"|World Cup 4 | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} [Gold](/source/2008_ISSF_World_Cup)
591+203.0 | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Bronze3}} [Bronze](/source/2009_ISSF_World_Cup)
582+198.0 |- | style="text-align: left"|World Cup Final | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Silver2}} [Silver](/source/2008_ISSF_World_Cup_Final_(rifle_and_pistol))
590+197.9 | ''[Qualified](/source/2009_ISSF_World_Cup_Final_(rifle_and_pistol))'' |} ==Records== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" ! colspan=7 | Current world records held in [25 metre rapid fire pistol](/source/25_metre_rapid_fire_pistol) |- | Men {{Shooting WR RFP Men Qualification}} |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{ISSF|SHGERM2904198701}} * {{Olympics.com|christian-reitz}} * {{DOSB profile|christian-reitz}} {{Olympic Champions Shooting RFP}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reitz, Christian}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:People from Löbau Category:German male sport shooters Category:ISSF pistol shooters Category:World record holders in shooting Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic shooters for Germany Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Category:Olympic medalists in shooting Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2015 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 European Games Category:European Games gold medalists for Germany Category:European Games medalists in shooting Category:Shooters at the 2019 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games silver medalists for Germany Category:European Games bronze medalists for Germany Category:Sport shooters from Saxony Category:Shooters at the 2023 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2023 European Games Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century German sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Christian Reitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reitz) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reitz?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.