Eric Uptagrafft

Eric Allan Uptagrafft (born February 16, 1966) is an American sport shooter.^[1]

He was born in Spokane, Washington, and lives in Firestone, Colorado.^[2] He competed for the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50, coming in tied for 30th.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in 16th in the same event.^[3] He shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition.^[4]

Current world record in 50 m rifle prone

Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Prone
Men	Qualification	600	Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS)  Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)  Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA)  Christian Klees (GER)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)  Thomas Tamas (USA)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)  Petr Litvinchuk (BLR)  Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)  Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)  Christian Lusch (GER)  Eric Uptagrafft (USA)  Valérian Sauveplane (FRA)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)  Matthew Emmons (USA)  Guy Starik (ISR)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)	13 July 1989 29 August 1991 27 April 1994 25 July 1996 23 May 1997 28 July 1998 4 September 1998 8 June 2000 11 June 2003 18 July 2003 3 March 2004 27 October 2004 11 May 2005 11 May 2005 26 August 2005 29 March 2006 9 May 2007 18 May 2008 3 August 2012	Zagreb (YUG) Munich (GER) Havana (CUB) Atlanta (USA) Munich (GER) Barcelona (ESP) Buenos Aires (ARG) Munich (GER) Munich (GER) Plzeň (CZE) Sydney (AUS) Bangkok (THA) Fort Benning (USA) Fort Benning (USA) Munich (GER) Guangzhou (CHN) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER) London (ENG)

References

1. "Eric Allan Uptagrafft Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
2. "Eric Uptagraff | Athletes | USA Shooting". Shooting.teamusa.org. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
3. "2012 Summer Olympics - 50 m rifle prone". http://www.olympic.org/. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. "50m Rifle Prone Men – Two medals to USA". Archerfish.org. April 21, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2011.