Christian Düring

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameChristian•Düring
Used nameChristian•Düring
Born22 July 1939 in Eberswalde, Brandenburg (GER)
Measurements168 cm / 60 kg
AffiliationsASG Vorwärts Leipzig, Leipzig (GER)
NOC East Germany

Biography

Sports shooter Christian Düring finished an unfortunate fourth in rapid-fire pistol at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He tied for second with Romanian Marcel Roşca and Russian Soviet Renart Suleymanov, and entered a shoot-off. Roşca won the silver medal with 147 in the shoot-off to Düring’s and Suleyanov’s 146, but Suleymanov then won the bronze with 148 to Düring’s 147. Düring won the East German nationals in 1972 and 1974. At the 1972 München Olympics he came in 21st.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1968 Summer Olympics Shooting GDR Christian Düring
Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open (Olympic) 4
1972 Summer Olympics Shooting GDR Christian Düring
Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open (Olympic) 21