Daryl Szarenski

Daryl Szarenski was a pistol shooter who shot free pistol at the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympics and air pistol in 2004 and 2012. His best Olympic finish was 13th in the 2008 free pistol and tied for 13th in the 2014 air pistol. He competed five times at the World Championships.

Szarenski won seven medals at the Pan American Games, with three gold medals in the 1999 and 2011 air pistol and free pistol in 2003. He added silvers in team free pistol in 1995, free pistol in 1999 and 2007, and air pistol in 2011. He was an 11-time US Champion in free pistol (1995-97, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2008-10, 2012) and a 9-time US Champion in air pistol (1994, 1997-99, 2001, 2005, 2009-11).

Szarenski attended Tennessee Technological University where he was on the rifle team and finished second at the NCAA Championships. He later attended Troy State University and Roger Williams University and is one of only two people to make All-American in both rifle and pistol shooting. Szarenski joined the US Army in 1991 after he was recruited by the US Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia. He left the military in 2013 as a Sergeant First Class.