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{{short description|Australian sports shooter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Warren James Potent
| image            = Warren Potent.jpg
| alt              = 
| caption          = 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Warren Potent
| nickname         = 
| nationality      = Australian
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1962|04|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Parramatta, New South Wales]]
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| resting_place    = 
| residence        = 
| years_active     = 
| country          = Australia
| sport            = [[Sport shooter]]
| rank             = 
| event            = [[50 metre rifle prone]]
| coach            = 
| highestranking   = 
| pb               = 
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Shooting sports|shooting]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50 m rifle prone]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalBronze| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] |50 m rifle prone - Pairs}}
{{MedalGold | [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | [[Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50 m rifle prone]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre rifle prone singles|50 m rifle prone]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi|[[Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre rifle prone pairs|50 m rifle prone pairs]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[ISSF World Shooting Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1986 Suhl | 50 metre rifle prone team }}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Grenada | 50 metre rifle prone }}
| updated          = 12 September 2014
}}

'''Warren James Potent''' (born 7 April 1962) is an Australian [[sport shooter]]. He won the bronze medal in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50 metre rifle prone]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. He won two of the four competitions during the [[2007 ISSF World Cup|2007 World Cup season]]. In the [[2008 ISSF World Cup]], he won two bronzes as well as the gold in the pre-Olympic event in Beijing, where he equalled [[Christian Klees]]'s then world record for the final aggregate score. At the 2014 ISSF World Championships in Grenada he became the 50 metre rifle prone World Champion.

==Olympic results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! Event
! 2000
! 2004
! 2008
! 2012
! 2016
|-
| align=left | [[50 metre rifle prone]]
| [[Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|19th]]<br />593
| [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|42nd]]<br />586
| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Bronze3}} [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|Bronze]]<br />595+105.5
| [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|32nd]]<br />591
| [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|35th]]<br />620
|}

==External links==
{{commons category|Warren Potent}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908155101/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/230552.shtml |date=8 September 2008 |title=Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site }}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/warren-potent-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/warren-potent-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
* {{ISSF}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Potent, Warren}}
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Australian male sport shooters]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in shooting]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games shooters for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in shooting]]
[[Category:ISSF rifle shooters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in shooting]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters for Australia]]
[[Category:People from Parramatta]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sport shooters from Sydney]]
[[Category:World record holders in shooting]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]


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