{{short description|Australian sports shooter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Warren James Potent | image = Warren Potent.jpg | alt = | caption = 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Warren Potent | nickname = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|04|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = Parramatta, New South Wales | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | residence = | years_active = | country = Australia | sport = Sport shooter | rank = | event = 50 metre rifle prone | coach = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's shooting }} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | 50 m rifle prone }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze| 1998 Kuala Lumpur |50 m rifle prone - Pairs}} {{MedalGold | 2014 Glasgow | 50 m rifle prone }} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Delhi | 50 m rifle prone }} {{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi|50 m rifle prone pairs }} {{MedalCompetition | ISSF World Shooting Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1986 Suhl | 50 metre rifle prone team }} {{MedalGold | 2014 Grenada | 50 metre rifle prone }} | updated = 12 September 2014 }}
'''Warren James Potent''' (born 7 April 1962) is an Australian sport shooter. He won the bronze medal in the 50 metre rifle prone at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He won two of the four competitions during the 2007 World Cup season. In the 2008 ISSF World Cup, he won two bronzes as well as the gold in the pre-Olympic event in Beijing, where he equalled Christian Klees's then world record for the final aggregate score. At the 2014 ISSF World Championships in Grenada he became the 50 metre rifle prone World Champion.
==Olympic results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Event ! 2000 ! 2004 ! 2008 ! 2012 ! 2016 |- | align=left | 50 metre rifle prone | 19th<br />593 | 42nd<br />586 | style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Bronze3}} Bronze<br />595+105.5 | 32nd<br />591 | 35th<br />620 |}
==External links== {{commons category|Warren Potent}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908155101/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/230552.shtml |date=8 September 2008 |title=Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site }} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/warren-potent-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/warren-potent-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}} * {{ISSF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Potent, Warren}} Category:1962 births Category:Australian male sport shooters Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in shooting Category:Commonwealth Games shooters for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in shooting Category:ISSF rifle shooters Category:Living people Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Category:Olympic medalists in shooting Category:Olympic shooters for Australia Category:People from Parramatta Category:Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Sport shooters from Sydney Category:World record holders in shooting Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen Category:Shooters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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