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{{short description|Soviet sports shooter}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Sergei Pyzhianov
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| fullname         = 
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|October 24, 1960}}
| birth_place      = [[Kem, Russia|Kem]], [[Soviet Union]]
| headercolor      = lightsteelblue
| show-medals      = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[shooting (sport)|shooting]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{EUN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]] }}
}}

'''Sergei Pyzhianov''' (born October 24, 1960) is a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] pistol shooter. During the last few years of the Soviet Union's dominance, he was a major star on the pistol team. He was born in [[Kem, Russia|Kem]].<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/py/sergey-pyzhyanov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215805/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/py/sergey-pyzhyanov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Sergey Pyzhyanov}}</ref>

Although never an [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] champion, he competed at three Olympics, [[Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]],  [[Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] and  [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], winning a silver medal in the 10m air pistol in 1992.<ref name="SR" />

He also won the [[ISSF World Shooting Championships]] three times: in 1986 ([[50 metre pistol]]), 1989 ([[10 metre air pistol]]) and 1990 ([[25 metre center-fire pistol]]). In 1989, he also won the first [[ISSF World Cup]] Final with the new air pistol targets, setting two new world records after 593 points in the qualification round and 102.1 points in the final round. The former stood until 2009 and the latter remains unbeaten.

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! colspan=7 | Current world records held in [[25 metre center-fire pistol]]
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| Men (ISSF)
{{Shooting WR CFP Men ISSF Teams}}
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! colspan=7 | Current world records held in [[25 metre standard pistol]]
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| Men
{{Shooting WR STP Men Teams}}
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! colspan=7 | Current world records held in [[10 metre air pistol]]
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| Men
{{Shooting WR AP60 Men Final}}
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Soviet male sport shooters]]
[[Category:Russian male sport shooters]]
[[Category:ISSF pistol shooters]]
[[Category:World record holders in shooting]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters for the Unified Team]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters for Russia]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in shooting]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:People from Kem]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]


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