Thomas Farnik

Who is Thomas Farnik?

Thomas Farnik, born 6 January 1967 in Vienna, is an Austrian rifle shooter.

He was twelve years old when his father introduced him to shooting. He started with a rifle, and his father remained involved with his early training.

He competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1992 to 2012. His best position was fifth in the Three Positions at the 2008 Olympics, when he was 2.8 points behind the bronze medal score of 1271.7. He also came sixth in the 10m Air Rifle at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 50m Three Positions at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

He won gold in the 10m Air Rifle at the 2006 ISSF World Cup, setting a world record of 703.1 at the finals in Granada that survived till 2008. He was part of the Austrian team that won bronze in the 10m Air Rifle and silver in the 300m Three Positions at the 2006 World Championships in Zagreb.

He won gold in the 300 metre standard rifle at the 2006 World Championships. He set the current team world record in that event in September 2008 with Florian Kammerlander and Michal Podolak.