Michael Georg Jakosits (born 21 January 1970) is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in the

10 metre running target 10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 meters from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of ...

at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona. He placed fifth at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Jakosits was born in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz.

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1970 births German male sport shooters Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Homburg, Saarland Olympic shooters for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Living people Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saarland 21st-century German people 20th-century German people {{Germany-sportshooting-bio-stub