Sex:	Male
Birth Date:	Apr. 12, 1960
Birth Place:	Liaoyang, Liaoning Province
Height:	176cm
Weight:	85kg
Sport:	Shooting
Record:	2002 Asian Championships - air pistol team, 1757 (WR)
Personal Best:	2004 Olympic Games - 1st air pistol

Wang Yifu is a famous Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events.

Wang started to practice shooting when he was 16 years old, entered the Liaoning Provincial Shooting Team in 1978, and joined the National Shooting Team in 1979 for the first time. He attended the Sidney Olympic Games in Sep. 2000, and entered Tsinghua University to study management in Dec. 2000.

He is the only Chinese athlete who has taken part in the Olympic Games for six consecutive times from 1984 to 2004.

Wang is now the General Coach of the Chinese National Shooting Team (from Jan. 2005).

Sports career

1997 Shooter, Liaoyang Sports School
1977 Liaoning Provincial Shooting Team
1980 National Team
 
High performances

1979 National Games - 1st free pistol
1982 Asian Games - 4th air pistol / free pistol
1982 World Championships - 6th free pistol
1984 Olympic Games - 3rd free pistol
1986 Asian Games - 1st free pistol team / air pistol team
1987 National Champions Tournament - 1st small-bore free pistol
1990 World Cup - 1st free pistol /10m air pistol
1991 World Cup Finals -1st air pistol
1992 Olympic Games - 1st air pistol/2nd free pistol
1996 Olympic Games - 2nd air pistol
2000 Olympic Games - 2nd air pistol
2001 National Games - 1st air pistol 
2004 Olympic Games - 1st air pistol 
 
Honours

1980 - Awarded the title of Master of Sports
1985 - Awarded the title of International Master of Sports