| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 694.9 |
| 1 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 1996 | Atlanta, GA, USA | 698.0 |
| 1 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 1992 | Barcelona, ESP | 885.0 |
| 2 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 779.5 |
| 2 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | 696 |
| 5 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 683.3 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 1998 | Barcelona, ESP | 696.9 |
| 1 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 1990 | Moscow, RUS | 885.0 |
| 2 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2002 | Lahti, FIN | 690.9 |
| 3 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 1994 | Milan, ITA | 689.7 |
| 3 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 1986 | Suhl, GER | 692.0 |
| 21 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2010 | Munich, GER | 574 |
| European Championships | ||||
| 5 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2009 | Osijek, CRO | 779.4 |
| World Cup Final | ||||
| 3 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2008 | Bangkok, THA | 777.0 |
| World Cup | ||||
| 2 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2011 | Munich, GER | 31 |
| 3 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2012 | Milan, ITA | 29 |
| 3 | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | 2011 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 24 |
Nickname
Mr Perfect, Schumi, Schuetzenschumi. (schuetzenschumi.de, 03 Jan 2008)
Hobbies
Building model aeroplanes, jogging, cycling, inline skating and gardening. (Athlete, 23 Mar 2000; NOC 2004)
Occupation
Coach, Mechanic
Family
Wife Anke and three children
Language(s) spoken
Dutch, German
Club name
FV SSZ Suhl, Suhl, GER
Coach
Peter Kraneis (dsb.de, 23 Feb 2012)
Handedness
Right (issf-sports.org, 23 Feb 2012)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started shooting at age 14 at school. (ISSF News, 01 Jan 2000)
Reason for taking up this sport
He started shooting an air pistol after another boy in his rifle group took one along to practice. (ISSF News, 01 Jan 2000)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Shooting is not about the one perfect shot but about the perfect copy of the perfect shot 60 times." (time.com, 11 Sep 2000)
Awards
He was named Germany's Shooter of the Year in 2004. (tsbev.de, 11 Feb 2005)
General
GUN DESIGNER
In 1993 while working for a weapons importer he developed a gun named the 'Schumann Design'. Italian company Pardini manufactured the gun, a .22 rapid fire pistol, and many of his competitors used the weapon against him in competition. In 2004 the International Shooting Sport Federation [ISSF] altered its rules to stop the use of pistols that he had developed. (ISSF News, 01 Jan 2000; time.com, 11 Sep 2000; main-rheiner.de, 23 Aug 2004)
TECHNIQUE CHANGE
In 1996 and despite still winning major events he totally changed his technique, claiming it should have been impossible to hit anything the way he was rotating his body and arm. His remodelled technique was designed to make his shooting action cleaner. (ISSF News, 01 Jan 2000)
EARLY DAYS
Just 18 months after he started shooting he was East Germany's junior national champion in rapid fire pistol and by 1981 he was also East Germany's national champion. In 1982 he competed in the European Junior Championships in Rome, Italy, moved to Leipzig to train with Peter Eisenschmidt and quit his job as a car mechanic to avoid injuring his fingers. (ISSF News, 01 Jan 2000)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996, Barcelona 1992, Seoul 1988
