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Istvan PENI

Hungary (HUN) HUN

Gender
Male
Birthday
14.02.1997
Age
27 years 9 months 29 days
Residence
Budapest, HUN
Height
176 cm
Weight
62 kg
Profession
Student
Club
UTE
Start of competing
2009
Practising shooter since
2009
Personal Coach
Edit Kissne Oroszi and Toth Jozsef
National Coach
Csaba Gyorik
Handedness
right
Master Eye
right
Place of birth
Budapest, HUN
Hometown
Budapest, HUN
Marital status
single
Events
ARM, AR60, ARM_PC2022, R3PM, R3PM1, R3PM2, FR3X40, FR60PR, RPRM, 300R3PM, 300FR3X40, 300RPRM, 300FR60PR, 300STR3PO, 300STR3X20, ARMT, ARMIX, R3PMT, R3X40MIX, R3PMIX, ARTEAMM, R3PTEAMM, R3X40TEAMM
Hobbies
hunting, fishing, skeet shooting
Languages
English

World Ranking

10m Air Rifle Men
6
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
7

Latest news about this athlete

Peni: “winning an Olympic quota changes everything”

The Hungarian champion pocketed his sixth world cup medal in a row, in New Delhi, today, securing a pass for Tokyo.

24.02.2019

Flash News: Istvan Peni (HUN) wins the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final in New Delhi

Quota places went to Peni and Marco De Nicolo of Italy, today's Bronze medalist

24.02.2019

Istvan Peni’s miraculous comeback is worth the third World Cup gold of his career

Despite suffering a malfunction that almost made him quit the match, the Hungarian talent erased a 7.4-point deficit, climbing from the 8th position to the top of podium, ahead of Denmark’s Steffen Olsen and People’s Republic of China’s Yang Haoran.

10.05.2018

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A last-shot thriller gives Istvan Peni his first World Cup gold in Air Rifle

The Hungarian 21-year-old, current leader of the World Ranking in this event, chased Austria’s Alexander Schmirl for most of the match, then overtaking him with a great 10.6 on his 24th and final shot.

04.03.2018

Hungarian talent Istvan Peni claims his first ISSF World Cup Final trophy in New Delhi

The 20-year-old Rifle shooter won a thrilling 10m Air Rifle Men final, besting Belarus’ experienced shooter Vitali Bubnovich at the last shot, while his teammate Peter Sidi took Bronze.

25.10.2017

Hungary’s got talent: Istvan Peni’s Gold is his second medal in five days

Peni qualified for his first final in the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event, securing the Gold and besting six-time Gold medalist Hui Zicheng of the People’s Republic of China, who placed 2nd. Poland’s Tomasz Bartnik completed the podium by placing 3rd.

13.06.2017

There's future in Istvan

Istvan Peni's parents, two shooters, didn't want him to shoot because they saw "no future" in his passion. Now they do.

28.05.2015

World number one Yang claims gold at home with 5-point lead

Chinese prodigy outplays Armenia's Babayan and Hungary's Peni at Nanjing 2014 to win Air Rifle in home country

20.08.2014

Medals

GoldSilverBronze
Youth Olympic Games1
World Championships111
World Cup Final332
World Cup61211
ISSF Junior World Cup21
ISSF Grand Prix111
European Championships362
European Games1

Achievements

Olympic Games

Rank
City
Year
5
Tokyo
2021
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 629.4, Final: 186.5
7
Tokyo
2021
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 627.9, Semifinal: 414.6
10
Tokyo
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1173
12
Rio de Janeiro
2016
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1172
13
Rio de Janeiro
2016
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 624.0
18
Paris
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 628.3
20
Paris
2024
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 624.7
21
Paris
2024
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 587

Youth Olympic Games

Rank
City
Year
3
Nanjing
2014
10m Air Rifle Men Youth
Score: 624.2, Final: 183.5

World Championships

Rank
City
Year
1
Baku
2023
300m Standard Rifle Open
Individual: 587
2
Changwon
2018
300m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1169
3
Cairo
2022
300m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Individual: 589
4
Cairo
2022
Air Rifle Team Men
Qualification 1: 940.2, Qualification 2: 626.2, Medal Matches: 4
5
Baku
2023
50m Rifle Prone Men
Individual: 624.8
5
Baku
2023
300m Rifle Prone Men
Individual: 598
6
Cairo
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Men
Qualification 1: 1323, Qualification 2: 869
6
Cairo
2022
50m Rifle Prone Men
Individual: 626.9
6
Suhl
2017
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 626.0, Final: 163.1
6
Suhl
2017
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Score: 1179, Final: 412.4
7
Cairo
2022
300m Standard Rifle Open
Individual: 585
7
Changwon
2018
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 625.6
9
Changwon
2018
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1177
10
Baku
2023
300m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Individual: 582
10
Cairo
2022
300m Rifle Prone Men
Individual: 596
10
Suhl
2017
50m Rifle Prone Men Junior
Score: 619.4
12
Baku
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 629.2
12
Cairo
2022
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 628.3
12
Changwon
2018
300m Standard Rifle Men
Score: 572
12
Changwon
2018
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 626.8
13
Cairo
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Qualification: 874
17
Granada
2014
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 620.4
18
Cairo
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 588
19
Cairo
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.4
22
Baku
2023
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 581
22
Changwon
2018
300m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 582
31
Granada
2014
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Score: 1145
37
Baku
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.1
39
Changwon
2018
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 828.8

World Cup Final

Rank
City
Year
1
New Delhi
2024
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 592, Final: 465.3
1
Wroclaw
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Score: 887, Semifinal: 592, Final: 31
1
New Delhi
2017
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 628.0, Final: 249.8
2
New Delhi
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 629.2, Final: 251.3
2
Wroclaw
2021
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 630.1, Semifinal: 36.0, Final: 2.0
2
Putian
2019
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 627.4, Final: 250.0
3
Cairo
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.4, Ranking Match: 208.9, Semifinal: 14
3
New Delhi
2017
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1185, Final: 449.1
4
Putian
2019
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1171, Final: 437.1
5
Wroclaw
2021
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 631.8
5
Putian
2019
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 417.5
9
Bologna
2016
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 622.2
10
Cairo
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 584
10
Wroclaw
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 590

World Cup

Rank
City
Year
1
Jakarta
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 628.6, Medal Matches: 16
1
Osijek
2021
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 626.1, Semifinal: 420.1, Final: 17.0
1
New Delhi
2019
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1178, Final: 459.1
1
Guadalajara
2018
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.5, Final: 249.5
1
Fort Benning
2018
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1178, Final: 451.4
1
Gabala
2017
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1182, Final: 458.4
2
Munich
2024
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 593, Final: 464.1
2
Granada
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 631.6, Final: 251.5
2
Bhopal
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 632.6, Medal Matches: 2
2
Las Palmas, Lima
2023
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 591, Final Stage Elimination: 407.0, Gold Medal Match: 10
2
Jakarta
2023
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 588, Final Stage Elimination: 405.1, Gold Medal Match: 11
2
Cairo
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 631.0, Medal Matches: 6
2
Bhopal
2023
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 589, Final Stage Elimination: 408.2, Gold Medal Match: 10
2
Changwon
2022
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 630.3, Medal Matches: 13
2
Osijek
2021
Air Rifle Team Men
Score: 1882.7, Semifinal: 624.6, Final: 8
2
New Delhi
2021
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 633.9, Semifinal: 419.2, Final: 10.0
2
New Delhi
2021
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 629.6, Final: 249.7
2
New Delhi
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1169, Final: 461.6
3
Granada
2024
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 631.1, Medal Matches: 17
3
Rio de Janeiro
2023
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 588, Final: 444.5
3
Rio de Janeiro
2022
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 627.6, Medal Matches: 16
3
Changwon
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 589, Final Stage Elimination: 406.4
3
Fort Benning
2018
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 629.8, Final: 226.5
3
Changwon
2018
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1180, Final: 448.2
3
Guadalajara
2018
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1178, Final: 442.3
3
Changwon
2018
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 627.9, Final: 228.5
3
Gabala
2017
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 629.0, Final: 229.4
3
Bangkok
2016
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 630.8, Final: 186.9
3
Bangkok
2016
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 619.2, Final: 187.3
4
Rio de Janeiro
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Qualification: 876, Qualification Stage 2: 586, Medal Matches: 14
4
Osijek
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Score: 876, Semifinal: 581, Final: 21
4
Beijing
2019
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1181, Final: 436.6
5
Jakarta
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 628.3, Final Stage Elimination: 207.6
5
Las Palmas, Lima
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 630.3, Final Stage Elimination: 206.9
6
Baku
2024
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 592, Final: 418.9
6
Las Palmas, Lima
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 627.6
6
Baku
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 590, Final Stage Elimination: 354.7
6
Baku
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 628.7, Final Stage Elimination: 205.3
6
Osijek
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Men
Score: 1314, Semifinal: 866
7
Baku
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 630.7, Final: 144.1
7
Bhopal
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 628.9, Final Stage Elimination: 156.1
7
Baku
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 629.6
8
Cairo
2024
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 629.4
8
Cairo
2023
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 586, Final Stage Elimination: 303.7
9
Changwon
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.8
9
Baku
2022
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 627.0
9
New Delhi
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Score: 861
9
Beijing
2019
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 627.5
9
Fort Benning
2018
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 831.8
9
Gabala
2017
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 625.3
9
Changwon
2015
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.7
9
Gabala
2015
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 626.6
10
Rio de Janeiro
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 628.8
10
Rio de Janeiro
2019
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 627.7
10
Gabala
2015
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1173
11
Munich
2024
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 630.2
11
Osijek
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1175
11
Rio de Janeiro
2019
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1174
11
New Delhi
2019
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 627.6
11
Munich
2017
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1175
11
Munich
2016
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 626.9
11
Munich
2014
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.4
12
Baku
2024
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 628.5
12
Munich
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 631.2
12
Baku
2024
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 586
12
Munich
2017
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 626.9
12
Munich
2016
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1177
13
Bangkok
2016
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1156
13
Rio de Janeiro
2016
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.4
13
Maribor
2014
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 624.5
14
Cairo
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 628.7
14
Rio de Janeiro
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 624.8
15
Baku
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 629.7
15
Osijek
2021
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.8
16
New Delhi
2019
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 833.7
17
Rio de Janeiro
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 585
18
Fort Benning
2015
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 624.4
18
Munich
2015
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.7
19
Munich
2017
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 623.8
22
Munich
2019
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 628.2
28
Cairo
2024
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 581
29
Rio de Janeiro
2016
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 620.7
29
London
2012
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 593, Total: 593
30
Cairo
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.7
30
Rio de Janeiro
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 619.8
31
Rio de Janeiro
2016
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1162
32
Munich
2019
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1173
34
Munich
2013
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 621.9
36
Munich
2014
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1165
36
Milan
2012
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 593, Total: 593
37
Changwon
2015
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1161
37
Granada
2013
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 616.3
42
Fort Benning
2015
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 621.3
44
Fort Benning
2015
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1160
45
Baku
2023
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 578
47
Munich
2015
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1162
50
Changwon
2018
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 825.1

ISSF Junior World Cup

Rank
City
Year
1
Suhl
2016
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Score: 1168, Final: 458.6
1
Suhl
2016
50m Rifle Prone Men Junior
Score: 617.2, Final: 202.7
3
Suhl
2016
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 628.7, Final: 183.6

ISSF Grand Prix

Rank
City
Year
1
Ruse
2022
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 630.2, Final Stage 1: 36, Final Stage 2: 17
2
Osijek
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 631.2, Semifinal: 39, Medal Match Stage 1: 37, Medal Match Stage 2: 13
3
Osijek
2022
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 631.4, Final Stage 1: 30
4
Osijek
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 632.1, Final Stage Elimination: 260.1
4
Ruse
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 630.0, Semifinal: 41, Medal Match Stage 1: 23
22
Ruse
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.1

European Championships

Rank
City
Year
1
Osijek
2021
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 629.9, Final: 251.3
1
Wroclaw
2020
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 629.4, Final: 250.5
1
Tallinn
2016
50m Rifle Prone Men Junior
Score: 624.1, Final: 209.0
2
Gyor
2024
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 632.3, Final: 249.7
2
Wroclaw
2020
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 418.5, Final: 13.0
2
Baku
2017
300m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1163
2
Gyor
2016
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 628.4, Final: 205.1
2
Tallinn
2016
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Score: 1166, Final: 453.4
2
Arnhem
2015
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 620.7, Final: 205.4
3
Maribor
2017
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 627.2, Final: 227.0
3
Maribor
2015
50m Rifle Prone Men Junior
Score: 619.9, Final: 185.8
4
Bologna
2019
300m Standard Rifle Men
Score: 589
4
Baku
2017
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1157, Final: 436.3
4
Vierumaeki
2012
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 594, Final: 102.1, Total: 696.1
5
Wroclaw
2022
50m Rifle Prone Men
Individual: 626.3
5
Wroclaw
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Men
Qualification 1: 1320, Qualification 2: 872
5
Hamar
2022
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 629, Final Stage Part 1: 39.5
5
Bologna
2019
300m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1180
6
Maribor
2015
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Score: 1154, Final: 406.8
7
Tallinn
2023
Air Rifle Team Men
Qualification 1: 944.5, Qualification 2: 623.4
8
Gyor
2024
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 628.7
9
Hamar
2022
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.4
9
Bologna
2019
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1175
9
Baku
2017
300m Standard Rifle Men
Score: 573
10
Osijek
2024
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 589
10
Osijek
2021
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1178
10
Osijek
2019
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 626.8
10
Baku
2017
300m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 591
11
Tallinn
2023
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Qualification: 627.1
11
Bologna
2019
300m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 597
12
Gyor
2018
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.4
13
Moscow
2014
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 617.7
14
Odense
2013
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 617.5
16
Osijek
2021
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Score: 625.7
16
Bologna
2012
50m Rifle Prone Men Junior
Score: 585, Total: 585
18
Baku
2017
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 612.6
20
Wroclaw
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Qualification: 587
22
Tallinn
2023
10m Air Rifle Men
Qualification: 627.5
24
Bologna
2019
50m Rifle Prone Men
Score: 620.7
25
Wroclaw
2022
50m Rifle 3 Positions Mixed Team
Qualification: 868
25
Bologna
2012
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Score: 1133, Total: 1133
27
Brescia
2011
10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Score: 585, Total: 585
34
Osijek
2013
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Junior
Score: 1139
51
Osijek
2013
50m Rifle Prone Men Junior
Score: 608.1

European Games

Rank
City
Year
3
Minsk
2019
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1177, Final: 450.6
9
Baku
2015
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.8
15
Minsk
2019
10m Air Rifle Men
Score: 625.7
19
Baku
2015
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Score: 1143
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