Sergei Pyzhianov (born October 24, 1960) is a former Soviet pistol shooter. During the last few years of the Soviet Union's dominance, he was a major star on the pistol team. He was born in Kem.

Although never an Olympic champion, he competed at three Olympics, 1980, 1992 and 1996, winning a silver medal in the 10m air pistol in 1992.

Sergei Pyzhianov

He also won the ISSF World Shooting Championships three times: in 1986 (50 metre pistol), 1989 (10 metre air pistol) and 1990 (25 metre center-fire pistol). In 1989, he also won the first ISSF World Cup Final with the new air pistol targets, setting two new world records after 593 points in the qualification round and 102.1 points in the final round. The former stood until 2009 and the latter remains unbeaten.

Sergei Pyzhianov

References

Soviet male sport shooters

Russian male sport shooters

ISSF pistol shooters

World record holders in shooting

Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union

Olympic shooters for the Unified Team

Olympic shooters for Russia

Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team

Living people

Olympic medalists in shooting

1960 births

People from Kem

Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia

Sergei Pyzhianov