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| Born | 14 November 1963 (1963-11-14) (age 60) Arad, Romania[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 50 meter pistol 10 meter air pistol | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | UNEFS Bucharest | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Corneliu Ion[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sorin Babii (born 14 November 1963) is a retired pistol shooter from Romania. He competed in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol events at six consecutive Olympics between 1984 and 2004 and won a gold medal in 1988 and a bronze in 1992.[1]
Babii was included to the national team in 1980 and won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at European junior championships. In 1985 he moved to the senior category and won two bronze medals at world championships and three gold, six silver and four bronze medals at European championships. He took a break from shooting in 2002–2003 and retired for good in 2008 to become a shooting coach. His trainees include the 2012 Olympic champion Alin Moldoveanu.[3]
Babii holds the military rank of lieutenant colonel.[3] His wife Lucia Babii is a former Romanian champion in pistol shooting.[1]
| Current world records held in 50 metre pistol | ||||||
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| Men's | Teams | 1719 |  Romania (Babii, Ilie, Stan)
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September 7, 1985 | Osijek (YUG) | edit |
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Olympic champions in men's 50 metre pistol
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 Karl Röderer (SUI) Paul Van Asbroeck2 (BEL) Alfred Lane (USA) Karl Frederick (USA) Torsten Ullman (SWE) Edwin Vásquez (PER) Huelet Benner (USA) Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN) Aleksey Gushchin (URS) Väinö Markkanen (FIN) Grigory Kosykh (URS) Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) Uwe Potteck (GDR) Alexander Melentyev (URS) Xu Haifeng (CHN) Sorin Babii (ROM) Kanstantsin Lukashyk (EUN) Boris Kokorev (RUS) Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) Jin Jong-oh (KOR) Jin Jong-oh (KOR) Jin Jong-oh (KOR)1 In 1896, the competition distance of the event was 30 metres. 2 In 1908, the competition distance of the event was 50 yards. |
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