Alexander Melentyev

Alexander Remmovich Melentyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a Soviet competitive sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. He was the first Olympic gold medalist from Kyrgyzstan.^[1]

Alexander Melentyev

Melentyev at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
Personal information
Nationality	Soviet Union  Kyrgyzstan
Born	(1954-06-27)27 June 1954 Penza, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	16 February 2015(2015-02-16) (aged 60) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	50 metre pistol, 25 metre, 10 metre
Medal record Men's shooting 1980 Moscow 50 m pistol

Bio

Melentyev was born in the Russian city of Penza but grew up in the Kyrgyz SSR.^[1]

At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Melentyev achieved a world record result of 581 (from 600, without final) in the 50 m pistol event in setting a new world and a new Olympic record. The world record was surpassed by Jin Jong-oh at the 2014 World Championships; with his score of 581 Melentyev remains the current Olympic record holder.

Current Olympic record held in 50 m Pistol
Men	Qualification	581	Alexander Melentyev (Soviet Union)	July 20, 1980	Moscow (USSR)	edit
Current world record held in 25 m Standard Pistol
Men	Teams	1725	Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Melentyev, Turla)  Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Basinski, Pyzhianov)	September 10, 1985 September 8, 1986	Osijek (YUG) Suhl (GDR)	edit