Martin Strnad (born August 1, 1974 in

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) is a Czech sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's rapid fire pistol at the

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series in

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, with a total score of 780.2 points. He won a gold medal in the men's rapid fire pistol at the 2013

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series in Bangkok, Thailand. Strnad represented the

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at the

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, where he competed in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, along with his teammate Martin Podhráský. He placed sixteenth out of nineteen shooters in the qualifying rounds of the event, with a total score of 562 points (267 on the first stage, and 295 on the second). At the

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, Strnad improved his performance from the previous games by hitting a total of 580 targets (287 on the first stage and 293 on the second) in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, finishing only in ninth place by two points behind Russia's Leonid Ekimov.

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NBC Olympics Profile
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