PEKLER Zalan

Date of Birth: 8 Feb 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Height (m/ft): 1.79/5'10''

Place of birth: KOMAROM

Birth Country:

Hungary

Place of residence : KOMAROM

Residence Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	10m Air Rifle Men	39
	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	10m Air Rifle Men's Qualification	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 50m Range	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	9

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	10m Air Rifle Team X	50m Rifle Prone	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	10	DSQ	33	-	8
2019	Bologna, ITA	-	28	-	36	-
2017	Maribor, SLO	49	-	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	10m Air Rifle Team X	50m Rifle Prone	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	10	DSQ	33	-	8
2019	Bologna, ITA	-	28	-	36	-
2017	Maribor, SLO	49	-	-	-	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	10m Air Rifle Team	10m Air Rifle - Team	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team
2021	1 x 4th, 1 x 30th	1 x 12th, 1 x 16th	1 x 13th	1 x 2nd	1 x 6th	1 x 13th
2019	1 x 10th, 1 x 23rd, 1 x 34th	1 x 14th, 1 x 35th, 1 x 47th	-	-	-	-
2018	1 x 46th	1 x 58th	1 x 41st	-	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
2	2021	Men's 10m Air Rifle - Team	Osijek, CRO
4	2021	10m Air Rifle	Osijek, CRO
6	2021	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team	Osijek, CRO
10	2019	10m Air Rifle	Munich, GER
12	2021	50m Rifle 3 Positions	New Delhi, IND
13	2021	10m Air Rifle Team	Osijek, CRO
13	2021	50m Rifle 3 Positions - Team	Osijek, CRO
14	2019	50m Rifle 3 Positions	New Delhi, IND
16	2021	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Osijek, CRO
23	2019	10m Air Rifle	New Delhi, IND

Junior World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	10m Air Rifle Team X	50m Rifle Prone
2018	Changwon, KOR	35	2	7	2
2017	Suhl, GER	22	8	-	9

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Languages spoken:

English, Hungarian

Istvan Kisvardai

He began competing in shooting in 2009. (ISSF, 01 Jan 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
WORLD CUP DISQUALIFICATION
At the 2021 World Cup event in Delhi, India he and teammates Istvan Peni and Peter Sidi had qualified for the 50m 3 positions gold medal team match against India. However, he and Peni refused to take part in the match because they objected to teammate Sidi's use of a bipod - which he had glued to the end of his rifle - as a support weight, as they believed it was "illegal" equipment. The Hungarian team were disqualified as a result. (issf-sports.org, 21 Mar 2021; espn.co.uk, 21 Mar 2021)

JACKET DISQUALIFICATION
He was disqualified from the 2021 World Cup event in Osijek, Croatia due to the thickness of the jacket he was wearing while competing. "As it was a relatively new jacket, I checked it twice on Friday and everything looked normal. It's terrible that this is how my competition ends." (gazetaesportiva.com, 21 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos