Afanasijs Kuzmins (born 22 March 1947) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol. Kuzmins trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, by receiving wild card, competed also in the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the age of 61 Kuzmins finished 13th overall in his eighth Olympic appearance. No other shooter has appeared at eight Olympics; four have appeared at seven Olympics.
Aged 65, he competed at his ninth Olympic Games at the 2012 Summer Olympics finishing 17th.
Olympic results Event19761980198819921996200020042008201225 metre rapid fire pistol4th5956th595 Gold598+100 Silver590+195+9710th5858th58514th57413th56517th56910 metre air pistol - - - -29th574 - - - -
World records
Current world records held in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Men (ISSF) Current world records held in 25 m Standard Pistol Men
See also List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
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