VARGA Erik

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Trap
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	21
2012	London, GBR	12
2008	Beijing, CHN	9

World Championships

Year	Location	Trap	Trap Team X	Trap - Team
2019	Lonato, ITA	34	-	-
2018	Changwon, KOR	2	1	-
2015	Lonato, ITA	1	-	-
2014	Granada, ESP	1	-	-
2011	Belgrade, SRB	61	-	-
2010	Munich, GER	42	-	-
2009	Maribor, SLO	19	-	2
2007	Nicosia, CYP	16	-	-
2006	Zagreb, CRO	50	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Trap	Trap Team X	Trap - Team
2021	Osijek, CRO	9	4	1
2019	Lonato, ITA	12	-	-
2018	Leobersdorf, AUT	4	2	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Trap	Trap Team X	Trap - Team
2021	Osijek, CRO	9	4	1
2019	Lonato, ITA	12	-	-
2018	Leobersdorf, AUT	4	2	-

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Trap
2016	Rome, ITA	2

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

Year	Trap	Trap Team	Trap - Team
2021	1 x 22nd, 1 x 31st	1 x 4th, 1 x 10th	1 x 15th
2018	1 x 15th, 1 x 28th	2 x 1st	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	Trap Team	Siggiewi, MLT
1	2018	Trap Team	Changwon, KOR
4	2021	Trap Team	Cairo, EGY
10	2021	Trap Team	Lonato, ITA
15	2021	Men's Trap - Team	Lonato, ITA
15	2018	Trap	Siggiewi, MLT
22	2021	Trap	Cairo, EGY
28	2018	Trap	Changwon, KOR
31	2021	Trap	Lonato, ITA

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

Athlete

Material Engineering, Technical Studies - Slovak Technical University, Trnava, SVK

Wife Patricia Compelova, son Christofer

English, Hungarian, Slovak

Sportove Centrum Policie [SCP] Bratislava [Slovakia]

Branislav Slamka [club, national], SVK

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 01 Jan 2015)

His father Vojtech Varga represented Slovakia in shooting at the 1993 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. His wife Patricia Compelova has also represented Slovakia in the sport. She competed at the 2002 World Championships in Lahti, Finland. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Feb 2020; NOC, 14 Jul 2012)

In 2016 he was involved in an accident that resulted in a serious shoulder injury. He underwent several operations on the problem between 2016 and 2019, and a titanium screw was inserted into his shoulder joint. (geminichokes.com, 01 May 2019)

He began shooting in 1986, and started focusing on trap at age 21. (geminichokes.com, 01 May 2019; ISSF, 11 Nov 2011)

He comes from a family of shooters and hunters. "As a child I was thrilled when I had the chance to touch my father's or grandfather's shotgun even for a few moments. To be honest the passion for clay target shooting has been handed down in our family for generations; first my grandfather and then my father, the latter teaching me everything I know about clay-pigeon shooting. They were both formidable athletes. My wife is a Slovakian shooter too. I can truly say that we are a nice shooting family. I have tried skeet and double trap, but trap was what excited me the most, so I've always remained faithful to it." (geminichokes.com, 01 May 2019; NOC, 14 Jul 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sport.aktuality.sk, 16 Jan 2020)

Winning a silver medal in trap at the 2018 World Championships in Changwon, Republic of Korea. (olympic.sk, 23 Jun 2019; geminichokes.com, 01 May 2019)

His wife Patricia Compelova. (Instagram profile, 24 Jun 2019)

In 2018 he received a sporting achievement award at the 26th Poll of the Most Successful Athlete and Team of Bratislava in Slovakia. (bratislava.sk, 27 Dec 2018)