While we were all incredibly impressed by how badass and cyberpunk Olympic shooting contestants looked earlier this week, someone’s uncle has come along and blown them all out of the water just by being himself.


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Yusuf Dikeç, a 51-year-old sport shooter from Turkey, participated in the Olympics this year as part of Turkey’s air pistol team. Competing with teammate Şevval İlayda Tarhan, he won a silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team competition, but not before making a huge impression on viewers around the world with his minimalistic approach to athletic gear.



Many other Olympic-level shooters wear specific shooting glasses fitted out with lenses and blinders to facilitate accurate shooting, but Dikeç rolled up wearing nothing but his regular prescription glasses, managing to look even cooler than everyone else as a result. Who needs a mechanical iris or blinders to prevent your eyes from wandering? All you need is a strong prescription and good aim.


If that weren’t enough, he also opted not to use any ear protection, because when you’re that cool, your ears block out the noise on their own.


His casual approach to the competition had plenty of people wondering if he might be an assassin. He does look incredibly comfortable in this environment, after all. It appears as though he just wandered in off the street ready to start shooting. He does have a background in the military and the Turkish Gendarmerie, but there are no other outward signs the dude is an assassin IRL.




Then again, he does appear to be a very proud cat dad, and one of the most famous assassins in Hollywood history is a pet owner out for vengeance, so there’s no way to completely rule out the possibility.