Stevan Pletikosić

Stevan Pletikosić

Personal information
Born	14 March 1972 (1972-03-14) (age 52) Kragujevac, Serbia
Medal record Men's shooting Competed as an  Independent Participant Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 50 m rifle prone Representing Yugoslavia World Championships 1994 Italy 50 m rifle prone European Championships 1995 Zürich 50 m rifle prone Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari 50 m rifle prone Representing Serbia and Montenegro World Championships 2006 Zagreb 50 m rifle TP Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería 50 m rifle prone

Stevan Pletikosić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Плетикосић) (born 14 March 1972 in Kragujevac, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a sport shooter from Serbia. While still a junior, he won a bronze medal in Men's 50 m Rifle Prone in the 1992 Summer Olympics. The year before, at the 1991 ISSF World Cup in the same event, he had become the only junior ever to achieve the maximum score of 600 in a world-class competition.

Pletikosić started competing in 1982, when he was 10 years old. He won a first medal at the European Championships winning a silver at the 1989 European Shooting Championships in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia. During his career, he won another European silver medal and was European champion twice. His first international medal was won at the 1994 ISSF World Shooting Championships, which was also a silver medal. Yugoslav Olympic Committee proclaimed him sportsman of the year in 1994. Pletikosić also won a silver in the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, now in the Three positions event, and he won the 2008 ISSF World Cup competition in the Prone event in Rio de Janeiro.

Results at the Olympic Games

Event	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
50 metre rifle three positions	—	35th 1156	29th 1156	28th 1153	11th 1168
50 metre rifle prone	Bronze 701.1 (597)	11th 595	30th 591	42nd 586	10th 594
10 metre air rifle	—	—	38th 583	39th 586	7th 697.7 (595)

World records

Current world records held in 50 metre rifle prone
Men	Qualification	600	Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS) Stevan Pletikosić (YUG) Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA) Christian Klees (GER) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Thomas Tamas (USA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Petr Litvinchuk (BLR) Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT) Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT) Christian Lusch (GER) Eric Uptagrafft (USA) Valérian Sauveplane (FRA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Matthew Emmons (USA) Guy Starik (ISR) Sergei Martynov (BLR)	July 13, 1989 August 29, 1991 April 27, 1994 July 25, 1996 May 23, 1997 July 28, 1998 September 4, 1998 June 8, 2000 June 11, 2003 July 18, 2003 March 3, 2004 October 27, 2004 May 11, 2005 May 11, 2005 August 26, 2005 March 29, 2006 May 9, 2007 May 18, 2008 August 3, 2012	Zagreb (YUG) Munich (GER) Havana (CUB) Atlanta (USA) Munich (GER) Barcelona (ESP) Buenos Aires (ARG) Munich (GER) Munich (GER) Plzeň (CZE) Sydney (AUS) Bangkok (THA) Fort Benning (USA) Fort Benning (USA) Munich (GER) Guangzhou (CHN) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER) London (ENG)
Junior Men	Individual	600	Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)	August 29, 1991	Munich (GER)

External links

• DatabaseOlympics.com