Jean-Pierre Amat

Jean-Pierre Amat is a gunner with the Carabine French, born the June 13rd 1962 with Chambéry. It began the sporting Tir in 1976 at the 14 years age and started to attend the international launching pads as of beginning of the year 80.

It stopped its international career in 2002 following the championships of the world, after a career long and equipped with an impressive prize list: Olympic champion, world champion and three times champion of Europe (without counting the many international medals and multiple championships of France), Jean-Pierre Amat gained all that was possible in the shooting with the rifle, and remains a character emblematic of the Shooting to the French rifle.

He is today the trainer of the team of France of Biathlon in section shooting. He is currently president of the Savoyard Olympic Tir. This club, gathering practitioners chambériens of sporting shooting (rifle, gun and crossbow), was founded in 1992. It uses two installations on Chambéry, one in the buildings of the Forum in Chambéry-The-High, the other with the shooting range of Charmettes.

Divorced, he is father of three children.

Prize list

Olympic Games

Championships of the world of shooting

  • Championships of the world of shooting of 1985:
    • Gold medal with the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of the world of shooting of 1989:
    • Gold medal with the rifle with 10 meters
    • Gold medal with the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of the world of shooting of 1990:
    • Fourth of the shooting to the rifle with 10 meters
  • Championships of the world of shooting of 1998:
    • Medal of money to the rifle (3 X 40) to 50 meters (3 positions) by teams
    • Bronze medal of the shooting to the rifle 60 balls lying

Championships of Europe of shooting

  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1986:
    • Gold medal with the rifle with 10 meters by teams
    • Medal of money to the rifle with 10 meters
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1990:
    • Gold medal with the rifle with 10 meters
    • Bronze medal of the shooting to the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1991:
    • Gold medal with the rifle with 10 meters
    • Bronze medal of the shooting to the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1993:
    • Bronze medal of the shooting to the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1995:
    • Medal of money to the rifle (3 X 40) to 50 meters (3 positions)
    • Medal of money to the rifle (3 X 40) to 50 meters (3 positions) by teams
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1996:
    • Medal of money to the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1997:
    • Fourth of the shooting to the rifle (3 X 40) to 50 meters (3 positions)
  • Championships of the world of shooting of 1998:
    • Medal of money to the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 1999:
    • Gold medal with the rifle 60 balls slept by teams
    • Bronze medal of the shooting to the rifle with 10 meters
    • Bronze medal of the shooting to the rifle with 10 meters by teams
  • Championships of Europe of shooting of 2000:
    • Gold medal with the rifle with 10 meters

Championships of France of shooting

  • Multiple champion of France of shooting to the rifle with 10 meters: of which 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997
  • Champion of France 3 X 40 with 300m
He made a success of three times the perfect triplet: Championships of France to the rifle in the three Olympic disciplines the same year.

World cup of shooting

  • 7 times winner in shooting with the rifle with 10 meters.

Personal records

  • 10m : 596/600 pts (2000, record of France), former recordman of the world to the rifle with 10 meters in 1989 and 1990 (594/600 then 596/600)
  • 3X40: 1178/1200 pts (1999, record of France)
  • 60 balls lying: 600/600 pts (1994, Co-record of the world), 1st French gunner to have achieved a perfect score in 60 balls lying (English match)

See too

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