Susumu Kobayashi

is a Japanese sport shooter. Kobayashi represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events, along with his teammate Tomoyuki Matsuda. He scored a total of 577 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by four points ahead of Poland's Wojciech Knapik from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-third place. Three days later, Kobayashi placed tenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by one point behind Matsuda from the final attempt, with a total score of 558 targets. References External links NBC 2008 Olympics profile Japanese male sport shooters Living people Olympic shooters for Japan Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Okayama 1973 births Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese people