OREANDA-NEWS. August 15, 2008. Afanasijs Kuzmins, an athlete representing the Olympic team of Latvia is scheduled to participate in a handgun shooting competition in Beijing, reported the press-centre of Parex.

His preparation for the competition was supported by Parex banka.  Afanasijs Kuzmins is one of the most experienced Olympians of Team Latvia – these are being his 8th Olympic Games.

To remind, in 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Afanasijs Kuzmins won the 4th place, in 1980 in Moscow he was the 6th, in 1988 he aced gold in the Seoul Olympics, the 1992 Games in Barcelona brought him the silver medal, in 1996 Atlanta Games he came up 10th, followed by the 8th place in Sydney in 2000, but in Athens in 2004 he ended up in the 14th position.