Cover image via ISSFNational men's shooter Johnathan Wong Guanjie earned Malaysia a quota spot for the 2016 Rio Olympics Games after he won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol at the Asia Olympic Qualifying Tournament in India
The momentous victory came for the 24-year-old aerospace engineering student when he successfully overcame his opponent from Saudi Arabia, Atallah Alanazi, thus winning his first ever Asian-level tournament
"I am floating on air right now. My Olympic dream has come true. I am glad that Malaysian shooting will have a representative in Rio," said Johnathan excitedly.
Johnathan has been making his mark as the national men's shooter, having qualified for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
He finally had his major breakthrough, after winning the silver medal at the 2015 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
Johnathan was on his way to clinch the gold medal at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore last June, only to lose out after he misfired his last two shots to end up with a silver.
A few months later, he made no mistake to break his own national 10m air pistol record at the Tun Hanif Trophy in Subang on September with a 585 total in the qualifying rounds.
He went on to break his own national record again in December after collecting 201.50 points in the final to win the event at the 39th South-East Asia Shooting (SEASA) Championships in Jakarta.
