Dragan Ristic

Started: He first tried shooting Para sport in around 2005 in Ratkovic, Serbia, and began training seriously in 2008 at the SK Cika Mata club in Kragujevac, Serbia. (kragujevacke.rs, 10 Sep 2021; kgsport.info, 29 Jun 2019; blic.rs, 10 Aug 2010; zurnal.rs, 28 Jul 2008) Reason: He visited a local shooting range in his youth as a recreational activity. After his accident, a friend encouraged him to join an association for people with an impairment. Staff at the association told him about shooting Para sport, and he decided to try it because the shooting range was near his home. (RTS Zabava - Zvanicni kanal YouTube channel, 01 Dec 2019) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (RTV Kragujevac YouTube channel, 23 Jun 2022) Milestones: At the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo he became the second Serbian athlete from any sport to win more than one career Paralympic gold medal when he triumphed in the open SH2 10m air rifle prone and open SH2 50m rifle prone events. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Jul 2024) Awards: Alongside Zdravko Savanovic and Dejan Jokic, he was named in the 2018 Team of the Year by the Serbian Paralympic Committee. (sport.blic.rs, 19 Apr 2020) He has received the May Award from the Serbian Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.rs, 21 Mar 2012) He has received the Pride Of Sumadije Award. (ritamgrada.rs, 16 Dec 2011)