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PENI, Istvan - HUN
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	Gender	M	Club	UTE
	Year of birth	1997	Start of competing	2009
	Place of birth	Budapest, HUN	Practising shooter since	2009
	Hometown	Budapest, HUN	Personal Coach	Edit Kissne Oroszi and Toth Jozsef
	Residence	Budapest, HUN	National Coach	Csaba Gyorik
	Height (cm)	176	Handedness	right
	Weight (kg)	62	Master Eye	right
	Marital status	single	Events	AR60, FR3X40, FR60PR, 300FR3X40, 300FR60PR, 300STR3X20
	Children		Other sport activities
	Higher education		Comments
	Profession	Student
	Hobbies	hunting, fishing, skeet shooting
	Languages	English

Latest news about this athlete

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

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

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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

Rk	Cs City Year	Event	Cat	Comp	Final	Total	Record
12	OG RIO DE JANEIRO 2016	FR3X40		1172
13	OG RIO DE JANEIRO 2016	AR60		624.0
3	YOG NANJING 2014	AR60	Youth	624.2	183.5
6	WCH SUHL 2017	FR3X40	Junior	1179	412.4
6	WCH SUHL 2017	AR60	Junior	626.0	163.1
10	WCH SUHL 2017	FR60PR	Junior	619.4
17	WCH GRANADA 2014	AR60	Junior	620.4
31	WCH GRANADA 2014	FR3X40	Junior	1145
1	WCF NEW DELHI 2017	AR60		628.0	249.8		EWRJ
3	WCF NEW DELHI 2017	FR3X40		1185	449.1		EQWRJ
9	WCF BOLOGNA 2016	AR60		622.2
1	WC FORT BENNING 2018	FR3X40		1178	451.4
1	WC GUADALAJARA 2018	AR60		625.5	249.5
1	WC GABALA 2017	FR3X40		1182	458.4
3	WC FORT BENNING 2018	AR60		629.8	226.5
3	WC CHANGWON 2018	FR3X40		1180	448.2
3	WC CHANGWON 2018	AR60		627.9	228.5
3	WC GUADALAJARA 2018	FR3X40		1178	442.3
3	WC GABALA 2017	AR60		629.0	229.4
3	WC BANGKOK 2016	FR60PR		619.2	187.3
3	WC BANGKOK 2016	AR60		630.8	186.9
9	WC GABALA 2017	FR60PR		625.3
9	WC CHANGWON 2015	AR60		625.7
9	WC GABALA 2015	AR60		626.6
10	WC GABALA 2015	FR3X40		1173
11	WC MUNICH 2017	FR3X40		1175
11	WC MUNICH 2016	AR60		626.9
11	WC MUNICH 2014	AR60		625.4
12	WC MUNICH 2017	AR60		626.9
12	WC MUNICH 2016	FR3X40		1177
13	WC BANGKOK 2016	FR3X40		1156
13	WC RIO DE JANEIRO 2016	AR60		625.4
13	WC MARIBOR 2014	AR60		624.5
18	WC FORT BENNING 2015	AR60		624.4
18	WC MUNICH 2015	AR60		625.7
19	WC MUNICH 2017	FR60PR		623.8
29	WC RIO DE JANEIRO 2016	FR60PR		620.7
29	WC LONDON 2012	AR60		593		593
31	WC RIO DE JANEIRO 2016	FR3X40		1162
34	WC MUNICH 2013	AR60		621.9
36	WC MUNICH 2014	FR3X40		1165
36	WC MILAN 2012	AR60		593		593
37	WC CHANGWON 2015	FR3X40		1161
37	WC GRANADA 2013	AR60		616.3
42	WC FORT BENNING 2015	FR60PR		621.3
44	WC FORT BENNING 2015	FR3X40		1160
47	WC MUNICH 2015	FR3X40		1162
1	JWC SUHL 2016	FR60PR	Junior	617.2	202.7
1	JWC SUHL 2016	FR3X40	Junior	1168	458.6		FWRJ
3	JWC SUHL 2016	AR60	Junior	628.7	183.6
1	ECH TALLINN 2016	FR60PR	Junior	624.1	209.0
2	ECH BAKU 2017	300FR3X40		1163
2	ECH TALLINN 2016	FR3X40	Junior	1166	453.4
2	ECH GYOR 2016	AR60	Junior	628.4	205.1
2	ECH ARNHEM 2015	AR60	Junior	620.7	205.4
3	ECH MARIBOR 2017	AR60	Junior	627.2	227.0
3	ECH MARIBOR 2015	FR60PR	Junior	619.9	185.8
4	ECH BAKU 2017	FR3X40		1157	436.3
4	ECH VIERUMAEKI 2012	AR60	Junior	594	102.1	696.1
6	ECH MARIBOR 2015	FR3X40	Junior	1154	406.8
9	ECH BAKU 2017	300STR3X20		573
10	ECH BAKU 2017	300FR60PR		591
12	ECH GYOR 2018	AR60		625.4
13	ECH MOSCOW 2014	AR60	Junior	617.7
14	ECH ODENSE 2013	AR60	Junior	617.5
16	ECH BOLOGNA 2012	FR60PR	Junior	585		585
18	ECH BAKU 2017	FR60PR		612.6
25	ECH BOLOGNA 2012	FR3X40	Junior	1133		1133
27	ECH BRESCIA 2011	AR60	Junior	585		585
34	ECH OSIJEK 2013	FR3X40	Junior	1139
51	ECH OSIJEK 2013	FR60PR	Junior	608.1
9	EUG BAKU 2015	AR60		625.8
19	EUG BAKU 2015	FR3X40		1143

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