USAMU Soldier wins World Cup Silver Medal
Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 6:11 pm
> By Paula J. Randall Pagán
> U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Accessions Support Brigade
>
> ATHENS, Greece - A Soldier with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit of
> Fort Benning, Ga., got to take the victory stand at the International
> Shooting Sport Federation World Cup April 26. Sgt. 1st Class Thomas A.
> Tamas finished second by less than 2 points only to Guy Starik of
> Israel and brought home the Silver Medal in the Men's 50-Meter Prone
> Rifle competition. After shooting a 597 points out of a possible 600,
> Starik shot a 104.7 out of a possible 109 points and won the Gold
> Medal with the total score of 701.7 out of a possible 709. Tamas shot
> a 596 and got a 104.1 in the finals for a total of 700.1. Chrisitan
> Lusch of Germany took the Bronze Medal after shooting a 596 with a
> 103.8 in the finals for a 699.8 total. Raised in Columbus, Ga., Tamas
> started shooting in 1978 with the Fort Benning Junior Rifle Team and
> graduated from Kendrick High School in 1983. He joined the Army in
> 1986 and was assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit after he
> completed Basic and Infantry Training. He served with the Army
> Marksmanship Unit for seven years before being assigned to the 1st
> Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, in Korea in 1992. After his
> overseas tour, Tamas returned to Fort Benning and Marksmanship Unit in
> 1993.
He is a two-time Olympian. In 1992 he did not get to compete in the Olympics because he was an alternate, and in 2000 he placed 13th in
Prone Rifle at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Tamas set the Prone
Rifle World Record of a perfect 600 points and was the 1998 Prone Rifle World Champion.
> Last year, he won the Gold Medal and an Olympic Quota Slot for the
> United States at the Pan-American Games. He will be competing for one
> of two slots on the U.S. Prone Rifle Olympic Team at the Olympic
> Selection Matches, which will be conducted at Fort Benning May 25 to
> 27. (Formed in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the
> standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army, the Army
> Marksmanship Unit is assigned to the Accessions Support Brigade of
> Fort Knox, Ky., which is under U.S. Army Accessions Command, of Fort
> Monroe, Va. Accessions Command is charged with overseeing recruiting
> and training of the Army's enlisted Soldiers and officers. The
> Marksmanship Unit trains its Soldiers to win competitions and enhances
> combat readiness through train-the-trainer clinics, research and
> development. The world-class Soldier-athletes of the USAMU also
> promote the Army and assist recruiters in attracting young Americans
> to enlist in the Army. For more information on the U.S. Army
> Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at
> (706) 545-5436, paula.pagan@usarec.army.mil or
> http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/amu/. For more information on USA Shooting,
> contact media director Sara Greenlee at (719) 866-4896,
> sara.greenlee@usashooting.org or http://www.usashooting.com.)
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> <<Tamas.jpg>>
> U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Accessions Support Brigade
>
> ATHENS, Greece - A Soldier with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit of
> Fort Benning, Ga., got to take the victory stand at the International
> Shooting Sport Federation World Cup April 26. Sgt. 1st Class Thomas A.
> Tamas finished second by less than 2 points only to Guy Starik of
> Israel and brought home the Silver Medal in the Men's 50-Meter Prone
> Rifle competition. After shooting a 597 points out of a possible 600,
> Starik shot a 104.7 out of a possible 109 points and won the Gold
> Medal with the total score of 701.7 out of a possible 709. Tamas shot
> a 596 and got a 104.1 in the finals for a total of 700.1. Chrisitan
> Lusch of Germany took the Bronze Medal after shooting a 596 with a
> 103.8 in the finals for a 699.8 total. Raised in Columbus, Ga., Tamas
> started shooting in 1978 with the Fort Benning Junior Rifle Team and
> graduated from Kendrick High School in 1983. He joined the Army in
> 1986 and was assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit after he
> completed Basic and Infantry Training. He served with the Army
> Marksmanship Unit for seven years before being assigned to the 1st
> Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, in Korea in 1992. After his
> overseas tour, Tamas returned to Fort Benning and Marksmanship Unit in
> 1993.
He is a two-time Olympian. In 1992 he did not get to compete in the Olympics because he was an alternate, and in 2000 he placed 13th in
Prone Rifle at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Tamas set the Prone
Rifle World Record of a perfect 600 points and was the 1998 Prone Rifle World Champion.
> Last year, he won the Gold Medal and an Olympic Quota Slot for the
> United States at the Pan-American Games. He will be competing for one
> of two slots on the U.S. Prone Rifle Olympic Team at the Olympic
> Selection Matches, which will be conducted at Fort Benning May 25 to
> 27. (Formed in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the
> standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army, the Army
> Marksmanship Unit is assigned to the Accessions Support Brigade of
> Fort Knox, Ky., which is under U.S. Army Accessions Command, of Fort
> Monroe, Va. Accessions Command is charged with overseeing recruiting
> and training of the Army's enlisted Soldiers and officers. The
> Marksmanship Unit trains its Soldiers to win competitions and enhances
> combat readiness through train-the-trainer clinics, research and
> development. The world-class Soldier-athletes of the USAMU also
> promote the Army and assist recruiters in attracting young Americans
> to enlist in the Army. For more information on the U.S. Army
> Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at
> (706) 545-5436, paula.pagan@usarec.army.mil or
> http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/amu/. For more information on USA Shooting,
> contact media director Sara Greenlee at (719) 866-4896,
> sara.greenlee@usashooting.org or http://www.usashooting.com.)
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> <<Tamas.jpg>>