Christian Reitz

Christian Reitz

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1987-04-29) 29 April 1987 Löbau, East Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Shooting
Event	Air pistol
Club	SV Kriftel
Medal record Men's shooting Representing Germany Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 25 m rapid fire pistol Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 25 m rapid fire pistol World Championships Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo 25 m standard pistol mixed team Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo 25 m center fire pistol Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 25 m center fire pistol Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 25 m center fire pistol team Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon 25 m center fire pistol Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon 25 m team rapid fire pistol Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo 25 m standard pistol Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 25 m rapid fire pistol team Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 25 m standard pistol team Bronze medal – third place 2025 Cairo 10 m air pistol team European Games Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 25 m rapid fire pistol Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 10 m air pistol mixed team Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10 m air pistol team Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 25 m standard pistol mixed team Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 25 m rapid fire pistol Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk 10 m air pistol mixed team European Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Osijek 25 m RF pistol team Silver medal – second place 2013 Osijek 25 m center fire pistol Silver medal – second place 2025 Châteauroux 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Team Bronze medal – third place 2013 Osijek 25 m rapid fire pistol

Christian Reitz (born 29 April 1987) is a German 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter, the current world record holder.

Career

He rose to fame during 2005, the first year with the new equipment rules, but was defeated in that year's European Junior Championships by teammate Philipp Wagenitz before finishing his junior career with victories in the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships and the 2007 European Championships.

In his first year as a senior, Reitz won two World Cup competitions and was the runner-up behind three-time Olympic champion Ralf Schumann at another, equalling the world record with a 591 score in Milan, and raising Schumann's final world record from 790.0 to 794.0. At the 2008 Olympics, he won the bronze medal behind Oleksandr Petriv and Schumann.

Performance timeline

25 metre rapid fire pistol

	2008	2009
Olympic Games	3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze 579+200.3	Not held
World Championships	Not held
European Championships	Not held
World Cup 1	1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 588+197.6	4th 589+195.4
World Cup 2	—	—
World Cup 3	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 585+201.4	1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 584+201.3
World Cup 4	1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 591+203.0	3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze 582+198.0
World Cup Final	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 590+197.9	Qualified

Records

Current world records held in 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Men	Qualification	593	Christian Reitz (GER) Kim Jun-hong (KOR)	July 30, 2013 July 6, 2014	Osijek (CRO) Beijing (CHN)

External links

• Christian Reitz at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Christian Reitz at Olympics.com
• Christian Reitz at Team Deutschland (in German)