许海峰，1957年生，中国男子射击运动员，运动健将，第一位获得奥运会金牌的中国运动员，安徽和县人。他从小喜欢用弹弓打鸟，凭着自己不懈的努力，练就了一身高超的射击本领。1984年在第23届奥运会上，以566环的成绩获男子手枪60发慢射冠军，成为本届奥运会第一枚金牌获得者，也是中国第一位奥运会金牌获得者，由此开始了中国奥运会史的新篇章。

Xu was the Gold Medal Winner of 50m pistol (60 shots) Men at the23rd Olympic Games, L.A. The self-trained world champion, the first gold winner of the 23rd Olympic Games, China's first Olympic gold winner, the coach of two Olympic gold winners¡­XU Haifeng, the creator of the country's history of Olympic golds, froze the breath-taking shot at the 23rd Games and since then began a new era of China's Olympic history. True to his name of the "gold athlete" and "gold coach", XU Haifeng will be remembered as a sports hero and a legend never fade.

Sports Career:

From the little slinging "bird-terminator" to Olympic winner, Xu Haifeng has been ambitious to become a sharpshooter since childhood. Through years of strictly self-disciplined practicing, the determined Xu trained himself a real crack shot despite the lack of professional regular shooting training. In 1982, Xu enrolled in the provincial shooting team of Anhui, and two years later in 1984, the marksman started his sports career in the national team.

High Performances:

1984   The 23rd Olympic Games, L.A  Gold, individual free pistol 60 shots, China's first Olympic gold medal

1986   The 10th Asia Games, Seoul  -Gold, individual free pistol (Temporary WR breaking score of 660pts )-Gold, individual air pistol-Gold, team free pistol

1990   Asia Games, Beijing  Four gold medals

1991   World Air Pistol Championship  Gold

1991   The 7th Asian Championship  Five gold medals