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Warren Potent

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Warren James Potent
2008 Olympic bronze medalist Warren Potent
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1962-04-07) 7 April 1962 (age 62)
Parramatta, New South Wales
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportSport shooter
Event50 metre rifle prone
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 50 m rifle prone
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50 m rifle prone - Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 50 m rifle prone
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 50 m rifle prone
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 50 m rifle prone pairs
ISSF World Shooting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Suhl 50 metre rifle prone team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Grenada 50 metre rifle prone
Updated on 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

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Event 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
50 metre rifle prone 19th
593
42nd
586
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
595+105.5
32nd
591
35th
620
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  • Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 September 2008)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Warren Potent". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  • Warren Potent at the International Shooting Sport Federation Edit this at Wikidata