ESC Activity Report for the ISSF General Assembly-2014
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FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014 FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014 1 FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014 Dear Colleagues and Friends from the ISSF Family! The time that passed since the previous ISSF General tees before they were officially established by the 2012 EOC Assembly in London was beneficial for the European General Assembly. A huge significance for realization of this Shooting Confederation. project has had the ISSF support. The European shooters were very successful at the There will be 330 participants in the shooting competi- Games of the XXX Olympiad in London, the II Youth Olym- tions of the 1st European Games who will dispute 19 sets pic Games in Nanjing and the 51st ISSF World Champion- of medals. 15 in traditional individual Olympic events and ship in Granada. All main ESC competitions of 2012–2014, 4 in experimental mixed team events — two in Pistol and including seven European Championships, were well Rifle and two in Trap and Skeet — with teams composed organized and gathered a lot of participants. They also of one man and one woman. In order to guarantee parti- attracted a lot of public and mass media attention. In or- cipation of the best shooters the approved Qualification der to reward the best shooters for their dedication to our system is based on the European ranking as of December 31, sport the practice of prize money for medal winners and 2014. It is to add that one Quota Place for the Games finalists of the European Championship was continued. of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio-de-Janeiro will be disputed in each of the 15 individual events. One of the ESC priorities has always been development of the youth sport. That is why in 2012–2014 we continued A lot has been done to make our competitions more to support the European Youth League — unique competi- spectacular and attractive, to turn the shooting range into tions for mixed teams of boys and girls aged from 14 to 18. “the theatre”. The Final halls or Final ranges are now a must Those competitions start with qualification all over the for the European Championships. The European Champion- continent in early spring and finish with finals in the be- ships have been broadcasted by TV and through Internet. ginning of October. According to the established tradition A special TV crew has been contracted in order to create in addition to medals and cups each year three best teams a model of qualitative TV production of the competitions in Pistol and three best teams in Rifle events get special both in Pistol/Rifle and Shotgun. We experiment with new prizes — 12 SIUS HS-10 Hybridescore systems. formats. The new ESC website that has a big technological potential is in full operation. We have also paid attention In May of 2013 the XXIV ESC General Assembly took to the fairness of the shooting competitions, to improving place in Moscow. Its delegates demonstrated support the refereeing system. to the direction of development that has been chosen by the ESC leaders. In particular, it revealed during elec- The ESC has a lot of other goals. Most of them are tions of the President, Vice-Presidents and Presidium in the realization process. But we need further changes. members as well as by approval of the new version of the And together with the ISSF we are on the path of evolving ESC Statutes and General Regulations. and developing our sport to meet the needs of the future. I am sure the majority within our shooting family and not Talking about the main achievements of the reporting only in Europe but also within other continents share this period, I’d like to mention preparations to the shooting point of view as well. competitions in the program of the 1st European Games that are to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 12–28, 2015. The ESC was among a small number of the European sports federations that had supported the idea of these Vladimir Lisin Games back in 2011 and had signed Memorandum ESC President of Understanding with the European Olympic Commit- 2 FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014 GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD IN LONDON 3 FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014 Games of the XXX Olympiad in London The results of the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London proved the leadership of the European shooting sport at the international arena. The European countries won 212 quota places out of 390 which the ISSF dis- posed of. In the most intensive competition with representatives of other continents the European shooters won more than a half of all Olympic medals — 24 out of 45, including 6 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals. 22 shooters from 16 European countries became medal winners of the 2012 Olympic Games. Olympic quota places distribution by nations, disciplines and events MEN WOMEN Country RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total Total 3P Pr 10 50 25 10 Tr DT Sk men 3P 10 25 10 Tr Sk women 1. RUSSIA 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 14 2 0 2 2 1 1 8 22 2. GERMANY 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 9 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 17 3. ITALY 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 11 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 15 4. FRANCE 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 1 6 14 5. GREAT BRITAIN 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 11 6. CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 10 7. BELARUS 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 8. SERBIA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 8 9. SPAIN 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 10. UKRAINE 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 8 11. SLOVAKIA 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 12. SWITZERLAND 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 13. NORWAY 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 14. CROATIA 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 15. DENMARK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 16. TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 17. AUSTRIA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 18. BULGARIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 19. FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 20. POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014 Olympic quota places distribution by nations, disciplines and events MEN WOMEN Country RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total Total 3P Pr 10 50 25 10 Tr DT Sk men 3P 10 25 10 Tr Sk women 21. SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 22. CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 23. GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 24. HUNGARY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 25. SLOVENIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 26. PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 27. ROUMANIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 28. ANDORRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29. ARMENIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30. AZERBAIJAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 31. BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32. BOSNIA/HERZEGOV. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33. ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 34. GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 35. IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36.