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Istvan PENI

Hungary (HUN) nation flag

Gender
Male
Birthday
14.02.1997
Age
23 years 1 months 26 days
Residence
Budapest, HUN
Height
176 cm
Weight
62 kg
Profession
Student
Club
UTE
Start of competing
2009
Practising shooter since
2009
Personal Coach
Edit Kissne Oroszi and Toth Jozsef
National Coach
Csaba Gyorik
Handedness
right
Master Eye
right
Place of birth
Budapest, HUN
Hometown
Budapest, HUN
Marital status
single
Events
AR60, FR3X40, FR60PR, 300FR3X40, 300FR60PR, 300STR3X20, ARMIX
Hobbies
hunting, fishing, skeet shooting
Languages
English
Current World Rank
3

Latest news about this athlete

Peni: “winning an Olympic quota changes everything”

The Hungarian champion pocketed his sixth world cup medal in a row, in New Delhi, today, securing a pass for Tokyo.

24.02.2019

Flash News: Istvan Peni (HUN) wins the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final in New Delhi

Quota places went to Peni and Marco De Nicolo of Italy, today's Bronze medalist

24.02.2019

Istvan Peni’s miraculous comeback is worth the third World Cup gold of his career

Despite suffering a malfunction that almost made him quit the match, the Hungarian talent erased a 7.4-point deficit, climbing from the 8th position to the top of podium, ahead of Denmark’s Steffen Olsen and People’s Republic of China’s Yang Haoran.

10.05.2018

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A last-shot thriller gives Istvan Peni his first World Cup gold in Air Rifle

The Hungarian 21-year-old, current leader of the World Ranking in this event, chased Austria’s Alexander Schmirl for most of the match, then overtaking him with a great 10.6 on his 24th and final shot.

04.03.2018

Hungarian talent Istvan Peni claims his first ISSF World Cup Final trophy in New Delhi

The 20-year-old Rifle shooter won a thrilling 10m Air Rifle Men final, besting Belarus’ experienced shooter Vitali Bubnovich at the last shot, while his teammate Peter Sidi took Bronze.

25.10.2017

Hungary’s got talent: Istvan Peni’s Gold is his second medal in five days

Peni qualified for his first final in the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event, securing the Gold and besting six-time Gold medalist Hui Zicheng of the People’s Republic of China, who placed 2nd. Poland’s Tomasz Bartnik completed the podium by placing 3rd.

13.06.2017

There's future in Istvan

Istvan Peni's parents, two shooters, didn't want him to shoot because they saw "no future" in his passion. Now they do.

28.05.2015

World number one Yang claims gold at home with 5-point lead

Chinese prodigy outplays Armenia's Babayan and Hungary's Peni at Nanjing 2014 to win Air Rifle in home country

20.08.2014

Achievements

Medals

Gold
9
Silver
7
Bronze
12

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men (FR3X40)

Olympic Games

Participations: 1

Place 121
Rio de Janeiro
Score: 1172		2016

World Championships

Rank 8 and better: 1Participations: 3

Place 61
Suhl
Score: 1179, Final: 412.4		Junior2017
Place 91
Changwon
Score: 1177		2018
Place 311
Granada
Score: 1145		Junior2014

World Cup Final

Medals: 1Rank 8 and better: 2

Bronze1
New Delhi
Score: 1185, Final: 449.1		2017
Place 41
Putian
Score: 1171, Final: 437.1		2019

World Cup

Medals: 5Rank 8 and better: 6Participations: 17

Gold3
New Delhi
Score: 1178, Final: 459.1		2019
Fort Benning
Score: 1178, Final: 451.4		2018
Gabala
Score: 1182, Final: 458.4		2017
Bronze2
Changwon
Score: 1180, Final: 448.2		2018
Guadalajara
Score: 1178, Final: 442.3		2018
Place 41
Beijing
Score: 1181, Final: 436.6		2019
Place 101
Gabala
Score: 1173		2015
Place 112
Rio de Janeiro
Score: 1174		2019
Munich
Score: 1175		2017
Place 121
Munich
Score: 1177		2016
Place 131
Bangkok
Score: 1156		2016
Place 311
Rio de Janeiro
Score: 1162		2016
Place 321
Munich
Score: 1173		2019
Place 361
Munich
Score: 1165		2014
Place 371
Changwon
Score: 1161		2015
Place 441
Fort Benning
Score: 1160		2015
Place 471
Munich
Score: 1162		2015

ISSF Junior World Cup

Medals: 1

Gold1
Suhl
Score: 1168, Final: 458.6		Junior2016

European Championships

Medals: 1Rank 8 and better: 3Participations: 6

Silver1
Tallinn
Score: 1166, Final: 453.4		Junior2016
Place 41
Baku
Score: 1157, Final: 436.3		2017
Place 61
Maribor
Score: 1154, Final: 406.8		Junior2015
Place 91
Bologna
Score: 1175		2019
Place 251
Bologna
Score: 1133		Junior2012
Place 341
Osijek
Score: 1139		Junior2013

European Games

Participations: 1

Place 191
Baku
Score: 1143		2015

10m Air Rifle Men (AR60)

Olympic Games

Participations: 1

Place 131
Rio de Janeiro
Score: 624.0		2016

Youth Olympic Games

Medals: 1

Bronze1
Nanjing
Score: 624.2, Final: 183.5		Youth2014

World Championships

Rank 8 and better: 1Participations: 3

Place 61
Suhl
Score: 626.0, Final: 163.1		Junior2017
Place 121
Changwon
Score: 626.8		2018
Place 171
Granada
Score: 620.4		Junior2014

World Cup Final

Medals: 2Participations: 3

Gold1
New Delhi
Score: 628.0, Final: 249.8		2017
Silver1
Putian
Score: 627.4, Final: 250.0		2019
Place 91
Bologna
Score: 622.2		2016

World Cup

Medals: 5Participations: 22

Gold1
Guadalajara
Score: 625.5, Final: 249.5		2018
Bronze4
Fort Benning
Score: 629.8, Final: 226.5		2018
Changwon
Score: 627.9, Final: 228.5		2018
Gabala
Score: 629.0, Final: 229.4		2017
Bangkok
Score: 630.8, Final: 186.9		2016
Place 93
Beijing
Score: 627.5		2019
Changwon
Score: 625.7		2015
Gabala
Score: 626.6		2015
Place 101
Rio de Janeiro
Score: 627.7		2019
Place 113
New Delhi
Score: 627.6		2019
Munich
Score: 626.9		2016
Munich
Score: 625.4		2014
Place 121
Munich
Score: 626.9		2017
Place 132
Rio de Janeiro
Score: 625.4		2016
Maribor
Score: 624.5		2014
Place 182
Fort Benning
Score: 624.4		2015
Munich
Score: 625.7		2015
Place 221
Munich
Score: 628.2		2019
Place 291
London
Score: 593		2012
Place 341
Munich
Score: 621.9		2013
Place 361
Milan
Score: 593		2012
Place 371
Granada
Score: 616.3		2013

ISSF Junior World Cup

Medals: 1

Bronze1
Suhl
Score: 628.7, Final: 183.6		Junior2016

European Championships

Medals: 4Rank 8 and better: 5Participations: 10

Gold1
Wroclaw
Score: 629.4, Final: 250.5		2020
Silver2
Gyor
Score: 628.4, Final: 205.1		Junior2016
Arnhem
Score: 620.7, Final: 205.4		Junior2015
Bronze1
Maribor
Score: 627.2, Final: 227.0		Junior2017
Place 41
Vierumaeki
Score: 594, Final: 102.1		Junior2012
Place 101
Osijek
Score: 626.8		2019
Place 121
Gyor
Score: 625.4		2018
Place 131
Moscow
Score: 617.7		Junior2014
Place 141
Odense
Score: 617.5		Junior2013
Place 271
Brescia
Score: 585		Junior2011

European Games

Participations: 1

Place 91
Baku
Score: 625.8		2015

300m Rifle 3 Positions Men (300FR3X40)

World Championships

Medals: 1

Silver1
Changwon
Score: 1169		2018

European Championships

Medals: 1Rank 8 and better: 2

Baku
Score: 1163		2017
Place 51
Bologna
Score: 1180		2019

50m Rifle Prone Men (FR60PR)

World Championships

Rank 8 and better: 1Participations: 2

Place 71
Changwon
Score: 625.6		2018
Place 101
Suhl
Score: 619.4		Junior2017

World Cup

Medals: 1Participations: 5

Bronze1
Bangkok
Score: 619.2, Final: 187.3		2016
Place 91
Gabala
Score: 625.3		2017
Place 191
Munich
Score: 623.8		2017
Place 291
Rio de Janeiro
Score: 620.7		2016
Place 421
Fort Benning
Score: 621.3		2015

ISSF Junior World Cup

Medals: 1

Gold1
Suhl
Score: 617.2, Final: 202.7		Junior2016

European Championships

Medals: 2Participations: 6

Tallinn
Score: 624.1, Final: 209.0		Junior2016
Bronze1
Maribor
Score: 619.9, Final: 185.8		Junior2015
Place 161
Bologna
Score: 585		Junior2012
Place 181
Baku
Score: 612.6		2017
Place 241
Bologna
Score: 620.7		2019
Place 511
Osijek
Score: 608.1		Junior2013

300m Standard Rifle Men (300STR3X20)

World Championships

Participations: 1

Place 121
Changwon
Score: 572		2018

European Championships

Rank 8 and better: 1Participations: 2

Place 41
Bologna
Score: 589		2019
Place 91
Baku
Score: 573		2017

300m Rifle Prone Men (300FR60PR)

World Championships

Participations: 1

Place 221
Changwon
Score: 582		2018

European Championships

Participations: 2

Place 101
Baku
Score: 591		2017
Place 111
Bologna
Score: 597		2019

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team (ARMIX)

World Championships

Participations: 1

Place 391
Changwon
Score: 828.8		2018

World Cup Final

Rank 8 and better: 1

Place 51
Putian
Score: 417.5		2019

World Cup

Participations: 3

Place 91
Fort Benning
Score: 831.8		2018
Place 161
New Delhi
Score: 833.7		2019
Place 501
Changwon
Score: 825.1		2018

European Championships

Medals: 1

Silver1
Wroclaw
Score: 418.5, Final: 13.0		2020
Latest News
The 2020 ISSF World Cups in New Delhi and Baku have been cancelled
The 2020 ISSF World Cup in Munich and the ISSF Junior World Championship in Suhl have both been cancelled
NEW DATES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO HAVE BEEN APPROVED
IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government announce new dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
The First Panamerican Shooting Championship has been postponed
The European Shotgun Championship and European Rifle/Pistol Qualification Championship for the 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed and cancelled
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