Coach Luzov was born in Potsdam, Germany, and grew up in Severdonetsk, Ukraine. While he’s our national pistol coach, he got his start as a running target shooter. Sergey was the 1986 world champion in that event and was a world record holder.

After his World Cup gold medal-winning performances in 1986 and 1988, he became the running target coach for Belarus’ Olympic team from 1991 to 1994.

In 1996 Sergey got the chance to move to the United States to coach our running target team--just in time to head up the squad that competed in the Atlanta 1996 Games. He led the running target team in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, the last year for that event as an Olympic discipline, before taking over as pistol coach.

He earned a master’s degree in coaching from the Belorussia State University of Physical Training and Sport in Minsk.

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