Hoàng Xuân Vinh

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Hoàng, but is often simplified to Hoang in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Xuân Vinh.

Hoàng Xuân Vinh
Xuân Vinh with Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal in 2016
Personal information
Nationality Vietnam
Born (1974-10-06) 6 October 1974
Sơn Tây, Hanoi, Vietnam
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)
10 meter air pistol (AP60)
50 meter pistol (FP)
Coached by Nguyễn Thị Nhung
Medal record
Representing  Vietnam
Men's shooting
Summer Olympics
2016 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol
2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m pistol
ISSF World Cup
2013 Changwon 10 m air pistol
2014 Fort Benning 10 m air pistol
2015 Munich 50 m pistol
2017 New Delhi 10 m air pistol
2015 Changwon 50 m pistol
2015 Fort Benning 50 m pistol
2016 Bangkok 10 m air pistol
2016 Munich 10 m air pistol
Asian Games
2006 Doha 10 m air pistol team
2014 Incheon 50 m pistol team
Asian Championships
2012 Nanchang 10 m air pistol
2012 Doha 25 m center fire pistol team
2015 Kuwait City Men's 10 m Air Pistol Team
2012 Doha 25 m center fire pistol
2012 Doha 10 m air pistol
2012 Nanchang 10 m air pistol team
Southeast Asian Games
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 25 m cantre fire pistol
2011 Palembang 10 m air pistol
2011 Palembang 25 m center fire pistol
2013 Naypyidaw 10 m air pistol
2013 Naypyidaw 10 m air pistol team
2013 Naypyidaw 50 m free pistol team
2015 Singapore 10 m air pistol team
2015 Singapore 50 m pistol
2011 Palembang 50 m free pistol
2015 Singapore 50 m free pistol team
2005 Manila 10 m air pistol
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 10 m standard pistol
2015 Singapore 10 m air pistol

Hoàng Xuân Vinh (born 6 October 1974) is a Vietnamese sport shooter. Xuân Vinh participated in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol and a silver in the 50 meter pistol competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first-ever and currently only athlete from Vietnam to win an Olympic gold medal.

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