Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japan |
Born |
Okayama, Japan |
27 June 1973
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shooting |
Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP) |
Club | Okayama Prefectural Police |
Coached by | Emil Dushanov |
Susumu Kobayashi (小林 晋 Kobayashi Susumu?, born June 27, 1973 in Okayama) is a Japanese sport shooter. Kobayashi represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events, along with his teammate Tomoyuki Matsuda. He scored a total of 577 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by four points ahead of Poland's Wojciech Knapik from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-third place. Three days later, Kobayashi placed tenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by one point behind Matsuda from the final attempt, with a total score of 558 targets.