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.
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Parramatta, New South Wales | 7 April 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sport shooter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 50 metre rifle prone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 12 September 2014 |
Olympic results
editEvent | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
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50 metre rifle prone | 19th 593 |
42nd 586 |
Bronze 595+105.5 |
32nd 591 |
35th 620 |
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Warren Potent.
- 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