Cypriot sport shooter
Dimitris Konstantinou
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Nationality | Cypriot |
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Born | (1988-06-08) June 8, 1988 (age 36) Paphos, Cyprus |
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Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
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Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
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Sport | Shooting |
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Event | Skeet |
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Club | SKO Paphos |
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Coached by | Piero Genga |
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Dimitris Konstantinou (Greek: Δημήτρης Κωνσταντίνου; born 8 June 1988) is a Cypriot sport shooter. He competed in the men's skeet event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
Konstantinou won a silver medal at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships in the skeet team event.[2] A few months later he won another skeet team medal, with Cyprus taking bronze at the 2019 European Shotgun Championships.[3] He also reached the final shoot-off in the individual event, finishing in sixth place and securing his spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4][5] First-place finisher Jakub Tomeček had already qualified for Tokyo, and three other shooters ahead of Konstantinou came from countries who had already filled their quota places, meaning he and third-place finisher Nikolaos Mavrommatis received them instead.[5]
The 2020 Summer Olympics were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which Konstantinou placed second at the 2020 Paphos Skeet Cup.[6] He also achieved an eighth-place finish at the second stage of the 2021 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi,[7] his best-ever result at a World Cup competition.[2] In Tokyo, Konstantinou placed 12th in the men's skeet event with a score of 121, failing to qualify for the final in his Olympic debut.[8]
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