Erich Buljung

{{short description|American sport shooter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Erich Buljung | image = Erich Buljung.JPEG | caption = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 21, 1944}} | birth_place = Yugoslavia | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's shooting }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalSilver | 1988 Seoul | 10 m air pistol }} }} '''Erich Buljung''' (born March 21, 1944) is a Yugoslav American former sport shooter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/erich-buljung-1.html |title=Erich Buljung |accessdate=July 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114143842/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/erich-buljung-1.html |archivedate=November 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Buljung was a career soldier having served in the U.S. Army for over twenty-five years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Erich Buljung |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/44625 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> He served in Vietnam and as a shooting instructor at Fort Benning, Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Olympic Committee - Erich BULJUNG |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/erich-buljung |access-date=May 29, 2023 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref>

==Records== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! colspan="7" | Current paka records held in 25 metre standard pistol |- | Men {{Shooting WR STP Men Individual}} |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buljung, Erich}} Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:American male sport shooters Category:ISSF pistol shooters Category:Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting Category:Shooters at the 1983 Pan American Games Category:Shooters at the 1987 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Category:20th-century American sportsmen