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INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION Your Guide to SHOOTING at the Olympic Games IN

INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION Your Guide to SHOOTING at the Olympic Games IN

INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION

Your Guide to Shooting at the IN Rio ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW. GET MORE. GET IT FASTER. www.issf-sports.org WHO MADE IT TO THE PODIUM? Watch the matches, get the latest results and check out the photos of the winners before the national anthem fades.

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welcome message from the president 3

History of the International Shooting Sport Federation 4

ISSF Milestones Olympic Shooting 1896-2016 6

Schedule XXXI OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 , BRA 7

OLYMPIC shooting events and the title defenders 8 results XXX OLYMPIC GAMES 2012 , gbr 23

51st issf world championships 2014 Granada, esp 24

world rankings 26

world records and olympic records 27

Qualification qualification timeline olympic games shooting 28

Rio 2016 shooting list of participants by Noc 29 statistics interesting facts about shooting at the games 34

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RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 3 Photos: Nicolò Zangirolami, Yorck Dertinger WELCOME TO RIO DE JANEIRO

Dear Members of the Media, we would like to welcome you to the Olympic Shooting Center of Rio de Janeiro, at the Deodoro cluster, where the 15 Olympic Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun Shooting events will be conducted from the 6th through the 14th of August 2016, during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. We welcome you here not only in behalf of the International Shooting Sport Federation, which we represent, but also of the whole Shooting sport family, which counts 163 member federations in five continents, and millions of practitioners all over the world.

Once again, following a long-lasting tradition, the first medal competition of the Olympics will be conducted on the : the 10m Air Rifle Women event will indeed assign the first Gold medal of Rio 2016, on the 6th of August, marking a milestone of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad.

The Final will start at 10.30 AM, and we are expecting podium has never been so close, and we are forecasting hundreds of media representatives, thousands of specta- breathtaking matches and new records, in the next days. tors on site, and millions of fans following the competition live on TV all over the world. This is a great honor for our We are ready. Our athletes are ready. Only some of them sport, and it will be the highlight of a four-year cycle for will fulfill their dream to finish atop of the Olympic podium, our athletes, coaches and officials. but we are sure that all of the 390 participating shooting sport athletes will enjoy a unique experience, a founding 390 athletes from 97 countries have qualified to participate memory of their careers. in Rio 2016, proving once again that universality is a true value of our sport. Once again, we would like to thank you for your interest in our events, and we wish you all good luck in the forthco- These athletes arrived here in Rio after a two-year long ming days in Rio de Janeiro! qualification period, and years and years of trainings, competitions and efforts. The format of our Finals has changed since London 2012, with the introduction of elimination-style finals, semi-finals and medal matches: Shooting is indeed a traditional sport, which does not fear Olegario Vázquez Raña Franz Schreiber innovations in favor of athletes and spectators. ISSF President ISSF Secretary General

Thanks to these changes, the sport is even more spec- tacular, now. During the Olympic qualification period we have been witnessing excellent scores and thrilling medal events, that let us predict that we can expect more ath- letes than ever to be real contenders for the 45 Olympic Shooting medals of Rio 2016. The competition for the

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 5 History of the International Shooting Sport Federation

Shooting Sport: a founding member of the Olympic family

Founding the Federation meeting in , with the purpose of renewing the ISSF On July 17th, 1907, after Shooting appeared at the very activities. Representatives of 14 countries agreed to re- first edition of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, repre- establish the Federation under the name L’Union Interna- sentatives of seven national shooting federations met in tionale de Tir, while Daniel Merillon was re-elected as the , , to formally establish L’Union Interna- President. tional des Federations et Associations Nationals de Tir, the International Union of National Shooting Federations Bonding with the IOC and Associations in English. After 21 Shooting sport events were included in the pro- gram of the 1920 Olympic Games, the International Olym- The nations represented in what would be remembered pic Committee decided in 1921 that the ISSF regulations as the first ISSF General Assembly were , Aust- were to govern the Shooting events in the 1924 Olympiad. ria, , , , and . This decision marked a first, tangible step in forging a uni- on between the IOC and the ISSF. A bond that was going A quote in the first ISSF Constitution adopted in 1907 de- to have a profound impact on the Federation’s future. scribed the purpose of the Union as “to establish a bond of friendship between the major Shooting federations of Second hiatus and rebuilding all nations in the world.” The 1940 Olympic Games could not take place because of the 2nd World War, and for the second time in history Daniel Merillon, a 55-year-old lawyer from Paris, France, the ISSF decided to suspend its operations. The ISSF and then President of L’Union des Societes de Tir de records and archives were transported by Karl August France, was elected as the first President of the ISSF. Larsson, Secretary General of the Swedish national fe- deration, from Paris to , where they could be The entire meeting took about two hours, with one record protected in a neutral nation. stating that there were not even any chairs in the room, but it gave birth to a new international sports federation Larsson would then be elected as the Secretary General that was destined to grow from these modest beginning of the ISSF in 1947, when, after the conclusion of the war, to become one of the largest sports governing body. eight member federations agreed to hold a World Cham- pionship and a General Assembly in Stockholm. Erik The expansion and the Carlsson, President of the Swedish Shooting Federation, first hiatus was also elected as the third President in the history of In 1908, the second General Assembly in the history of the the ISSF. Federation was held in , . There, three new member federations were also represented. Furthermore, The following year the Olympic Games were revived, and after an initial indecision, the Swiss federation affiliated the newly elected President and Secretary General of the with the Union during the Assembly, while the United Sta- ISSF were able to re-establish a cooperative relationship tes of America joined later during the same year. Between with the Olympic Committee. Four Shooting sport events 1909 and 1914 eight more countries followed, fulfilling were included in the London 1948 program. the desire of the ISSF to make the Union an international sport organization. This era of the Federation saw member federations from all five continents join the ISSF, paving the way for the or- In 1916, as the 1st World War caused the cancellation ganization of continental Shooting competition, governed of the Olympic Games, expected to take place in , and managed by the respective continental confedera- Germany, President Merillon delivered a written proposal tions working under the ISSF umbrella. In 1951, then, the to all the members, who voted for the dissolution of the Asian and the Pan-American Games were both created Union. The French national federation was entrusted to as multi-sport competitions and Shooting was accepted take care of the ISSF records and properties. as a sport in both. Four years later, at the end of the conflict, the same Da- At the General Assembly held in , Italy, in 1960, when niel Merillon invited the former member federations to a the Italian capital also hosted the Olympic Games, Presi-

6 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide dent Carlsson decided not to run to extend his presidency. In 1998, the ISSF General Assembly formally introduced The Assembly, composed by the record number of 55 de- the word Sport in the Federation’s modern name: Interna- legates, elected Dr. Kurt Hasler, who was President of the tional Shooting Sport Federation. Swiss shooting federation, as the fourth ISSF President. 21st Century: Six years later, in 1966, all the Shooting sport matches the innovation of the sport were recognized as mixed events, where women and men The number of Shooting events at the Olympic Games could compete together. The IOC also agreed to apply changed constantly along the course of history, and this standard to the Olympic Shooting events, and for four reached the current number of 15 when, after Olympiads, from 1968 to 1980, men and women battled 2004, the women’s and 10m Running Target for the Shooting Gold medals regardless of their gender. event were deleted.

The modern era of the ISSF One century after that first meeting in Zurich, the 17th of In 1976, after serving for 16 years as the ISSF President, July 2007, ISSF celebrated his 100 years anniversary. Dr. Kurt Hasler decided not to run for a re-election, fol- The Federation, composed now by over 160 national fe- lowed by former First Vice President George Vichos, a deration members in 146 countries of the five continents, Greek lawyer who was elected with just one vote in his has grown to become the world governing body of four favour. Vichos presidency, however, lasted only 4 years, shooting disciplines, pistol, rifle, running target and shot- as in 1980 the ISSF General Assembly held in City gun that include 15 Olympic and 55 World Championship elected former Mexican shooter Olegario Vazquez Raña events. with 125 of the 132 votes available. Following a long-lasting traditions, Shooting sport assigned The 1980 General Assembly also elected a new Secretary the first Gold medal of the Olympic Games both in General: Mr. Horst G. Schreiber, a prominent attorney in and in London. The same will happen in Rio de Janeiro. Munich who had successfully served in leadership roles in many sports. At the end of London 2012, the ISSF introduced major changes to its rules. Finalists of the 15 Olympic Shooting A second, extraordinary General Assembly took place events will now start their match from zero, without car- later that year in , , where a new ISSF Con- rying forward the qualification score. Furthermore, in the stitution was drafted and approved. The new Constitution 5 Shotgun events and the 25m Pistol for Women semifi- transferred the authority to make new technical rules to nals and medal matches are introduced, while the other the Administrative Council and increased the authority 9 Rifle and Pistol final matches will be conducted in a of ISSF Section Committees, also strengthening the progressive-elimination style. Federation’s financial accountability. The ISSF General Assembly that took place in Munich In 1984, Mrs. Unni Nicolaysen, the Secretary General of (GER) in 2014 re-elected Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña as the Norwegian Shooting Federation, became the first wo- the ISSF President for his ninth consecutive Presidential man in the 77-year history of the Federation to be elected term since his first election in 1980. Mr. Franz Schreiber to membership on the Administrative Council, a body with was also elected as the new ISSF Secretary General by real decision-making power. unanimous decision of the Assembly.

An Olympic qualification system was developed in 1986 That same year, the 51st ISSF World Championship in under the suggestion of the International Olympic Com- all events took place in Granada (ESP), with the partici- mittee: the ISSF established a new series of World Cups, pation of over 2000 athletes, who piled up almost 3200 including them in the Olympic qualification process, and starts and competed in 53 events. It was the first ISSF recognizing scores fired during the Series as competition that assigned Olympic quota places for Rio official World Records. The following year, two annual 2016. A distribution process that ended in Gyor (HUN) in ISSF World Cup Finals were also established. February 2016.

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 7 ISSF Milestones – 1896-2016

1896 1980 In the first edition of the modern Olympic Games, held in After becoming a worldwide organization with more than Athens in 1896, Shooting sport is part of the program with 100 member federations, the ISSF drafted and approved five events. a new Constitution during an Extraordinary General As- sembly held in Moscow. 1907 On July 17th, 1907 representatives of 7 national shooting 1986 federations met in Zurich to formally establish L’Union In- Following the invitation of the IOC, the International Shoo- ternationale des Federations et Associations Nationals de ting Sport Federation developed an Olympic Qualification Tir, the International Union of National Shooting Federa- System: a new series of World Cup stages were establis- tions and Associations. That meeting will be remembered hed and included in the system, while scores recorded in as the first ISSF General Assembly. these competitions were recognized as World Records.

1920 1986 After the federation was dissolved in 1916 due to the 1st The first ISSF World Cup in Rifle/Pistol events was held in World War, on April 16th, 1920 delegates from 14 coun- in March 1986 followed by the first ISSF World tries attended a meeting in Paris and agreed to re-estab- Cup in Shotgun events, set in Montecatini in April 1986. lish the association under the name L’Union International de Tir. Former President Daniel Merillon was re-elected as 1987 the President of the UIT. An annual World Cup Final competition is established and became a new fixture in the international schedule. In 1937 this competition, the shooters with the best scores in the ’ Catherine Woodring became the first wo- current year’s World Cup were invited to compete at the man to participate in an open World Championship event, end of each season. also winning the 50-meter Rifle Prone Team Gold medal. 1998 1940 At the General Assembly held in the word Sport For the second time in history, due to the 2nd World is formally incorporated into the ISSF’s modern name: In- War, a decision was made to interrupt the Shooting sport ternational Shooting Sport Federation. operations. The records and the archives of the Federa- tion were transported by Karl August Larsson, Secretary 2013 General of the Swedish Shooting Federation, from Paris Following the London 2012 Olympic Games, the ISSF int- to Stockholm, in a neutral country where they could be roduced some major changes to its rules. Olympic Shoo- protected. ting events’ final phases will start from zero, without carry- ing forward the qualification score. Furthermore, Shotgun 1951 and 25 m Pistol Women events see the introduction of The and the Pan-American Games were semifinals and medal matches, while 9 Rifle and Pistol fi- created, and Shooting was accepted as a sport in both nals are now conducted in s progressive-elimination style. multi-disciplines competitions. Since then, Asian and Pan-Am Games have been staged every four years, and 2014 Shooting has always been included in both programs. The 51st ISSF World Championship in all events took place in Granada (ESP), with the participation of over 2000 1980 athletes, who piled up almost 3200 starts and competed Former Mexican Olympic shooter Olegario Vazquez Raña in 53 events. It was the first ISSF competition that assi- emerged as the leading candidate to be elected as the gned Olympic quota places for Rio 2016. A distribution next President during the General Assembly held in Mexi- process that ended in (IND) in January 2016. co City. When election day arrived, Mr. Vazquez Raña re- ceived 125 of the 132 votes, becoming the sixth President 2016 of the international federation. Mr. Horst G. Schreiber, a Rio 2016 will write a new milestone of the Shooting sport. prominent German attorney based in Munich, was also elected as the news Secretary General.

8 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide XXXI OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Shooting sport Schedule

Thursday AUG 04 Wednesday AUG 10 09:00-16:00 Official Training 09:00-10:30 50m Pistol Men 15:00 Technical Meeting 09:00-13:30 Double Trap Men 12:00 Finals 50m Pistol Men Friday AUG 05 12.30 Victory Ceremony 08:30-11:45 Pre-Event Training 15:00 Finals Double Trap Men 20:00 Opening Ceremony 16:05 Victory Ceremony

Saturday AUG 06 Thursday AUG 11 08:30-09:20 10m Air Rifle Women 09:00-10:45 50m Rifle 3 Positions 10:30 Finals 10m Air Rifle Women Women 12:00 Finals 50m Rifle 11:00 Victory Ceremony 3 Positions Women 13:00-14:15 10m Air Pistol Men 13:00 Victory Ceremony 15:30 Finals 10m Air Pistol Men Friday AUG 12 16:00 Victory Ceremony 09:00-09:50 50m Rifle Prone Men 09:00-14:00 Skeet Women Sunday AUG 07 10:30-13:00 Skeet Men Day 1 09:00-09:50 10m Air Pistol Women 11:00 Finals 50m Rifle Prone 09:00-13:00 Trap Women Men 09:30-14:00 Trap Men Day 1 11:30 Victory Ceremony 11:00 Finals 10m Air Pistol 12:15-14:30 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Women Men Stage 1 11:30 Victory Ceremony 15:00 Finals Skeet Women 15:00 Finals Trap Women 16:05 Victory Ceremony 16:05 Victory Ceremony

Saturday AUG 13 Monday AUG 08 09:00-11:15 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 09:00-10:15 10m Air Rifle Men Men Stage 2 09:30-12:30 Trap Men Day 2 09:30-12:30 Skeet Men Day 2 12:00 Finals 10m Air Rifle 12:30 Finals 25m Rapid Fire Men Pistol Men 12:30 Victory Ceremony 13:20 Victory Ceremony 15:00 Finals Trap Men 15:00 Finals Skeet Men 16:05 Victory Ceremony 16:05 Victory Ceremony

Tuesday AUG 09 Sunday AUG 14 09:00-11:30 25m Pistol Women 09:00-11:45 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Precision Stage 13:00 Finals 50m Rifle 12:00-14:00 25m Pistol Women 3 Positions Men Rapid Fire Stage 14:00 Victory Ceremony 15:30 Finals 25m Pistol Women 16:20 Victory Ceremony

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 9 10m Air RIFLE Women

SATURDAY, AUG 06 2016 finals AT 10:30

The 10m Air Rifle Women is an International Shooting Sport Federation shoo- World Ranking #1: ting event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 10 meters in standing Andrea ARSOVIC (SRB) position, using a 4.5 millimeters / 0.177 inches caliber air rifle with a maximum weight of 5.5 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 1.4 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 45.5 millimeters. The diameter of the fourth ring is 30.5 millimeters, while the tenth ring measures 0.5 millimeters. The use of specialized clothing is allowed to improve the stability of the shooting position.

Qualification round World Record: During the qualification round every 10m Air Rifle Women competitor has to 422.9 points fire 40 shots within 50 minutes. The qualifications are scored in decimal scored by CHEN Dongqi (CHN) on points, the maximum score per shot being 10.9 points because of an additional 12/03/2014 set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases the score of 0.1 points as it approaches the center of the target. Finals World Record: 211.0 points Final round scored by (CHN) on 03/07/2014 The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, where they can shoot up to 20 final shots. The maximum score for each shot is still 10.9 points, setting the highest pos- Title Defender: sible score at 218.0 points. The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: YI Siling (CHN) the qualification score is not carried forward into the final round. The final begins with two series of 3 shots, to be fired within 150 seconds, followed by 14 single shots to be fired on command and within 50 sec- onds. After the eighth final shot, the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final and places 8th. Any following elimination is determined every 2 shots until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 20th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be eliminated, the tied athletes will fire addi- tional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.

Date of birth: 06/05/1989 YI Siling Born in: , 27-year-old Yi Siling is a sport shooter competing for the People’s Republic of People’s Republic of China in the Rifle discipline. Yi is a former track and field athlete, who star- Age: 27 ted competing internationally in Shooting in 2009, the year after the Olym- Handedness: Left pic Games took place in her home country. She quickly climbed the World Master eye: Right Ranking of the 10m Air Rifle Women event, securing the World Championship Competing since: 2009 Gold medal in 2010, and filling her showcase with 8 World Cup medals. At the London 2012 Olympic Games, Yi Siling entered the Royal Artillery Barracks as the number one shooter in the World Ranking, living up to the expectations and claiming the Olympic Gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Women event.

10 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 10M AIR PISTOL MEN

SATURDAY, AUG 06 2016 finals AT 15:30

The 10m Air Pistol Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 10 meters in standing position, World Ranking #1: using a 4.5 millimeters / 0.177 inches caliber air pistol with a maximum Felipe Almeida WU (BRA) weight of 1.5 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 1.4 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 155.5 millimeters. The diameter of the seventh ring is 59.5 millimeters, while the tenth ring measures 11.5 millimeters.

Qualification round

During the qualification round every 10m Air Pistol Men competitor has to fire 60 shots within 1 hour and 15 minutes. The qualifications are scored in integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points, and the World Record: maximum qualification score being 600 points. 594 points scored by JIN Jongoh (KOR) on 12/04/2009 Final round

The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, Finals World Record: where they can shoot up to 20 final shots. 206.0 points The maximum score for each shot is still 10.9 points, scored by JIN Jongoh (KOR) on because of an additional set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases 12/04/2015 the score of 0.1 points as it approaches the center of the target. This sets the highest possible score at 218.0 points. The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not car- Title Defender: ried forward into the final round. JIN Jongoh (KOR) The final begins with two series of 3 shots, to be fired within 150 seconds, followed by 14 single shots to be fired on command and within 50 seconds. After the eighth final shot, the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminat- ed from the final and places 8th. Any following elimination is determined every 2 shots until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 20th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be eliminated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.

Jin Jongoh is a 36-year-old Pistol shooter from the Republic of Korea who competed Date of birth: 24/09/1979 at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games collecting at least one medal Born in: Gangwon, in each of his three participation. At Athens 2004, Jin pocketed the Silver Republic of Korea in the 50m Pistol Men, while four years later in Beijing (CHN) he nailed the Age: 36 Gold-Silver combo, respectively in the 50m Pistol Men event and in the 10m Handedness: Right Air Pistol Men. The peak of his career, anyway, was reached at the Games of Master eye: Right the XXX Olympiad of London 2012, where he claimed the Gold medal in both Competing since: 1995 events, writing his name in the history books and becoming one of the three active shooters with 5 Olympic medals in his resume. Furthermore, he is the holder of both the World Record and the Finals World Record in the 10m Air Piston Men event and in the 50m Pistol Men event.

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 11 10M AIR PISTOL WOMEN

SUNDAY, AUG 07 2016 finals AT 11:00

The 10m Air Pistol Women is an International Shooting Sport Federation World Ranking #1: shooting event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 10 meters in standing (UKR) position, using a 4.5 millimeters / 0.177 inches caliber air pistol with a maximum weight of 1.5 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 1.4 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 155.5 millimeters. The diameter of the seventh ring is 59.5 millimeters, while the tenth ring measures 11.5 millimeters.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 10m Air Pistol Women competitor has to fire 40 shots within 50 minutes. The qualifications are scored in integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points, and the maximum qualification score being 400 points. World Record: 393 points scored by Final round Svetlana SMIRNOVA (RUS) The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, on 23/05/1998 where they can shoot up to 20 final shots. The maximum score for each shot is still 10.9 points, because of an addition- al set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases the score of 0.1 points Finals World Record: as it approaches the center of the target. This sets the highest possible score at 203.8 points 218.0 points. scored by The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not car- (IND) ried forward into the final round. on 10/11/2013 The final begins with two series of 3 shots, to be fired within 150 seconds, followed by 14 single shots to be fired on command and within 50 seconds. After the eighth final shot, the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminat- Title Defender: ed from the final and places 8th. Any following elimination is determined every GUO Wenjun (CHN) 2 shots until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 20th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be eliminated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.

Guo Wenjun is a Chinese Pistol shooter born in 1984, whose first appearance in the ISSF World Cup dates back to 2007, when she claimed the first Gold medal of her career in the 25m Pistol Women event. The following year, in preparation for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, she added 3 more Golds to her collection, two of which came in the 10m Air Pistol Women event. On August 10th, Date of birth: 22/06/1984 competing on her home turf, Guo became the Olympic Champion in the 10m Born in: Xi’an, Air Pistol Women event, also writing a new Final Olympic Record in the history People’s Republic of China books. Four years later, in London (GBR), Guo got the chance to defend her Age: 32 title, eventually claiming her second Olympic Gold medal and becoming the Handedness: Right first athlete to claim back-to-back Olympic titles in the Air Pistol events. Master eye: Right

12 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide TRAP WOMEN

SUNDAY, AUG 07 2016 finals AT 15:00

The Trap Women is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting event, where athletes shoot on five different stations to hit orange clay targets thrown World Ranking #1: from under a trap located in front of them. Ray BASSIL (LIB) In the Trap Women event athletes shoot one-by-one, moving to the next station as soon as the following athlete fired her shot.

Qualification round During the qualifications every Trap Women competitor has to shoot 75 tar- gets, divided in three rounds of 25 targets each. Every round involves up to six athletes, who shoot from stations number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 rotat- ing from left to right and shooting 5 times from each station. The sixth athlete is positioned behind station number 1, where he waits to move into station 1 and shoot after the athlete on station number 5 has fired his shot. During the qualification round two shots may be fired at each target, except for World Record: the shoot-offs, when only one shot may be fired. 75 targets scored by (ITA) on 04/08/2012 Semifinal round The top-six athletes from the qualification phase advance to the semifinal round, where they shoot 15 targets each from stations number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Finals World Record: The semifinal round is conducted with the same rules of the qualifications, and no Finals World Record will be it concludes when every semifinalist has fired 3 times from each station. During registered the semifinal round and during the shoot-offs only one shot may be fired at each target. Title Defender: Jessica ROSSI (ITA) Medal matches The top-two athletes from the semifinal round advance to the Gold medal match, while the 3rd and 4th best semifinalists advance to the Bronze medal match. The two medal matches are conducted with the same rules of the semifinals: the two finalists shoot 15 targets from stations number 2, 3 and 4. During the medal matches and during the shoot-offs only one shot may be fired at each target. All ties are broken by shoot-offs.

Jessica ROSSI Italy’s Jessica Rossi is a 24-year-old Trap Women shooter from Cento (ITA) Date of birth: 07/01/1992 whose first international appearance dates back to 2007, when she placed Born in: Cento, Italy 47th in her first ISSF World Cup participation. That same year, she pocketed Age: 24 the ISSF World Championship Junior Gold medal in (CYP), to which Handedness: Right she added two senior World Champion titles in 2009 and 2013. In 2012, Master eye: Right taking part in her first Olympic Games, Rossi nailed an unbelievable perfor- Competing since: 2005 mance, setting a new World Record and claiming the Olympic Gold with a 6-targets advantage on Silver medallist Zuzana Stefecekova of . In 2013 she was elected as the ISSF Shooter of the Year along with Germany’s Henri Junghaenel.

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 13 10M AIR RIFLE MEN

MONDAY, AUG 08 2016 finals AT 12:00

The 10m Air Rifle Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting World Ranking #1: event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 10 meters in standing position, CAO Yifei (CHN) using a 4.5 millimeters / 0.177 inches caliber air rifle with a maximum weight of 5.5 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 1.4 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 45.5 millimeters. The diameter of the fourth ring is 30.5 millimeters, while the tenth ring measures 0.5 millimeters. The use of specialized clothing is allowed to improve the stability of the shooting position.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 10m Air Rifle Men competitor has to fire 60 shots within 1 hour and 15 minutes. The qualifications are scored World Record: in decimal points, the maximum score per shot being 10.9 points because of 633.5 points scored by an additional set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases the score of Peter SIDI (HUN) 0.1 points as it approaches the center of the target. The maximum qualification on 25/05/2013 score is 654.0 points.

Finals World Record: Final round 210.6 points scored by The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, QIAN Xuechao (CHN) where they can shoot up to 20 final shots. on 21/05/2016 The maximum score for each shot is still 10.9 points, setting the highest pos- sible score at 218.0 points. The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not carried forward into the final round. Title Defender: The final begins with two series of 3 shots, to be fired within 150 seconds, Alin George MOLDOVEANU (ROU) followed by 14 single shots to be fired on command and within 50 sec- onds. After the eighth final shot, the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final and places 8th. Any following elimination is determined every 2 shots until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 20th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be elimi- nated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.

Alin George Moldoveanu is a Romanian Rifle shooter and the current Olympic Champion of the 10m Date of birth: 03/05/1983 Air Rifle Men event. Despite the high number of World Cup participations that Born in: Focsani, he piled up since his debut in 2003, Moldoveanu only reached the top of the Age: 33 podium once, in Munich (GER) in 2008, also collecting 4 Silver medals. At the Handedness: Right London 2012 Olympic Games he qualified for the final phase of the 10m Air Master eye: Right Rifle Men behind Italy’s Niccolò Campriani, overtaking him with the second-to- Competing since: 1997 last shot of the match and climbing to the highest step of the podium, where he received the Olympic Gold medal.

14 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide TRAP MEN

MONDAY, AUG 08 2016 finals AT 15:00

The Trap Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting event, World Ranking #1: where athletes shoot on five different stations to hit orange clay targets thrown Alberto FERNANDEZ (ESP) from under a trap located in front of them. In the Trap Men event athletes shoot one-by-one, moving to the next station as soon as the following athlete fired his shot.

Qualification round During the qualifications every Trap Men competitor has to shoot 125 tar- gets, divided in five rounds of 25 targets each. Every round involves up to six athletes, who shoot from stations number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 rotating from left to right and shooting 5 times from each station. The sixth athlete is positioned behind station number 1, where he waits to move into station 1 and shoot after the athlete on station number 5 has fired his shot. During the qualification round two shots may be fired at each target, except for World Record: the shoot-offs, when only one shot may be fired. 125 targets scored by (ITA) on 01/04/1994 Semifinal round The top-six athletes from the qualification phase advance to the semifinal round, where they shoot 15 targets each from stations number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Finals World Record: The semifinal round is conducted with the same rules of the qualifications, and no Finals World Record will be it concludes when every semifinalist has fired 3 times from each station. During registered the semifinal round and during the shoot-offs only one shot may be fired at each target. Title Defender: (CRO) Medal matches The top-two athletes from the semifinal round advance to the Gold medal match, while the 3rd and 4th best semifinalists advance to the Bronze medal match. The two medal matches are conducted with the same rules of the semifinals: the two finalists shoot 15 targets from stations number 2, 3 and 4. During the medal matches and during the shoot-offs only one shot may be fired at each target. All ties are broken by shoot-offs.

Giovanni Cernogoraz is a 33-year-old Croatian Shooting athlete competing in the Trap Men event, Date of birth: 27/12/1982 whose international debut as a senior dates back to 2003. At the 2012 Shot- Born in: Koper, gun European Championship, after missing the Trap Men podium for eight Age: 33 editions, he finally claimed the continental title in Larnaca (CYP), crowning his Handedness: Right remarkable year three months later, when he became the Olympic Champion Master eye: Right in London, prevailing over Italy’s Massimo Fabbrizi in a shoot-off for the Gold Competing since: 1998 medal. Cernogoraz’s career is also decorated with three ISSF World Cup medal pocketed in 2011, 2015 and 2016, and a World Cup Final title claimed in Nicosia (CYP) in 2015.

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 15 25M PISTOL WOMEN

TUESDAY, AUG 09 2016 finals AT 15:30

The 25m Pistol Women is an International Shooting port Federation shooting World Ranking #1: event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 25 meters in standing posi- ZHANG Jingjing (CHN) tion, using a 5.6 millimeters / 0.22 inches caliber pistol with a maximum weight of 1.4 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 1.4 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 500 millimeters.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 25m Pistol Women competitor has to fire 60 shots, equally divided in 30 Precision Stage shots and 30 Rapid Fire Stage shots. In the Precision Stage, six 5-shots series are fired within 5 minutes, while in the Rapid Fire Stage the green lights turn on for 3 sec- World Record: onds for each shot, while the red lights between consecutive green lights last 594 points scored by Diana IOR- 7 seconds. GOVA The qualifications are scored in integer points, with the maximum score per on 31/05/1994 shot being 10 points. The maximum qualification score is 600 points. Finals World Record: no Finals World Record will be Semifinal round registered The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the semifinal round, where they shoot five 5-shots series each. Title Defender: In the semifinal round the scoring system switches from a points system to a KIM Jangmi (KOR) hit-or-miss system. In the hit-or-miss system a score of 10.2 or higher is counted as a hit, while a score of 10.1 or lower is counted as a miss.

Medal matches The top-two athletes from the semifinal round qualify for the Gold medal match, while the 3rd and the 4th best athletes qualify for the Bronze medal match. If there is a tie for the athlete to enter the medal matches, the tied ath- letes will fire additional tie-breaking 5-shots series until the tie is broken. The Gold medal match and the Bronze medal match are conducted with the same scheme, and they don’t have a determined number of series to be fired. Date of birth: 25/09/1992 At the end of each 5-shots series, the athlete with the highest number of hits Born in: Incheon, Republic of Korea gets 2 points, while the other gets 0 points; if the two finalists hit the same Age: 23 number of targets they both get 1 point. The medal match finishes when one Handedness: Right of the two athletes reaches 7 points. Master eye: Right Competing since: 2005

KIM Jangmi same event, enhancing it with a new ’s Kim Jangmi is a 23-year-old Shooting athlete who competes Olympic Record at the end of the in both events of the Pistol discipline: the 25m Pistol Women and the 10m Air qualification round. Since then, she Pistol Women. After securing the Gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Women event claimed 6 more World Cup medals at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, she debuted in the ISSF World Cup Series in both Pistol events, also placing in 2012, when she claimed the 25m Pistol Women Gold medal at the Olympic 2nd in the 25m Pistol Women at the test event in London (GBR), also setting a new Final World Record. On the very 2014 ISSF World Championship in same range, a few weeks later, Kim pocketed the Olympic Gold medal in the Granada (ESP).

16 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 50M PISTOL MEN

WEDNESDAY, AUG 10 2016 finals AT 12:00

The 50m Pistol Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting World Ranking #1: event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 50 meters in standing position, JIN Jongoh (KOR) using a 5.6 millimeters / 0.22 inches caliber pistol with no weight restric- tion. The center of the target is positioned at 0.75 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 500 millimeters. The diameter of the 10th ring mea- sures 50 millimeters.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 50m Pistol Men competitor has to fire 60 shots within 1 hour and 30 minutes. The qualifications are scored in integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points, and the maxi- mum qualification score being 600 points. World Record: 583 points scored by JIN Jongoh (KOR) Final round on 09/09/2014 The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, where they can shoot up to 20 final shots. The maximum score for each shot is still 10.9 points, because of an addition- Finals World Record: al set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases the score of 0.1 points 200.7 points scored by JIN Jongoh as it approaches the center of the target. This sets the highest possible score at (KOR) 218.0 points. on 07/07/2013 The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not car- ried forward into the final round. Title Defender: The final begins with two series of 3 shots, to be fired within 150 seconds, JIN Jongoh (KOR) followed by 14 single shots to be fired on command and within 50 sec- onds. After the eighth final shot, the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final and places 8th. Any following elimination is determined every 2 shots until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 20th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be elimi- nated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.

Jin Jongoh is a 36-year-old Pistol shooter from the Republic of Korea, who competed Date of birth: 24/09/1979 at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games collecting at least one medal Born in: Gangwon, in each of his three participation. At Athens 2004, Jin pocketed the Silver Republic of Korea in the 50m Pistol Men, while four years later in Beijing (CHN) he nailed the Age: 36 Gold-Silver combo, respectively in the 50m Pistol Men event and in the 10m Handedness: Right Air Pistol Men. The peak of his career, anyway, was reached at the Games of Master eye: Right the XXX Olympiad of London 2012, where he claimed the Gold medal in both Competing since: 1995 events, writing his name in the history books and becoming one of the three active shooters with 5 Olympic medals in his resume. Furthermore, he is the holder of both the World Record and the Finals World Record in the 10m Air Piston Men event and in the 50m Pistol Men event.

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 17 DOUBLE TRAP MEN

WEDNESDAY, AUG 10 2016 finals AT 15:00

The Double Trap Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting World Ranking #1: event, where athletes shoot on five different stations to hit doubles of orange James WILLETT (AUS) clay targets thrown from under a trap located in front of them. In the Double Trap Men event athletes shoot one-by-one, moving to the next station as soon as the following athlete fired his shot.

Qualification round During the qualifications every Double Trap Men competitor has to shoot 150 targets, divided in five rounds of 30 targets (15 doubles) each. Every round involves up to six athletes, who shoot from stations number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 rotating from left to right and shooting 5 times from each station. The sixth athlete is positioned behind station number 1, where he waits to move World Record: into station 1 and shoot after the athlete on station number 5 has fired his shot. 148 targets scored by Tim KNEALE (GBR) on 09/06/2014 Semifinal round The top-six athletes from the qualification phase advance to the semifinal round, Finals World Record: where they shoot 30 targets (15 doubles) each from stations number no Finals World Record will be 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. registered The semifinal round is conducted with the same rules of the qualifications, and it concludes when every semifinalist has fired 3 times from each station. Title Defender: Peter Robert Russell WILSON (GBR) Medal matches The top-two athletes from the semifinal round advance to the Gold medal match, while the 3rd and 4th best semifinalists advance to the Bronze med- al match. The two medal matches are conducted with the same rules of the semifinals: the two finalists shoot 30 targets (15 doubles) from stations number 2, 3 and 4. All ties are broken by shoot-offs.

Peter Robert Russell Wilson is a British former Double Trap Men athlete who retired from competitive Shooting in 2014, two years after winning the Olympic Gold medal on his Date of birth: 15/09/1986 home turf in London (GBR). In his short, but remarkable career, Wilson climbed Born in: Dorchester, on the highest step of the World Cup podium three times, after revealing himself Age: 29 to the Shooting sport world in 2006, when he became the Junior European Handedness: Right Champion in (SLO). At the 2012 Olympic Games he qualified for the Master eye: Right Double Trap Men final with the best qualification score, eventually closing with Competing since: 2005 - retired from 188 total targets out of 200. shooting 2015

18 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS WOMEN THURSDAY, AUG 11 2016 finals AT 12:00

The 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women is an International Shooting Sport Federation World Ranking #1: shooting event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 50 meters in kneel- Snjezana PEJCIC (CRO) ing, prone and standing positions, using a 5.6 millimeters / 0.22 inches caliber rifle with a maximum weight of 6.5 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 0.75 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 154.4 millimeters. The diameter of the fourth ring is 106.4 millimeters, while the tenth ring measures 10.4 millimeters. The use of special- ized clothing is allowed to improve the stability of the shooting positions.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women competitor has to fire 20 kneeling shots, 20 prone shots and 20 standing shots World Record: within a total of 1 hour and 45 minutes. The qualifications are scored in 594 points scored by integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points, and the maxi- Snjezana PEJCIC (CRO) mum qualification score being 600 points. on 22/04/2016

Finals World Record: Final round 464.7 points scored by The top eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, Petra ZUBLASING (ITA) where they can shoot up to 45 final shots. on 19/06/2015 The maximum score for each shot is 10.9 points, because of an additional set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases the score of 0.1 points as it approach- Title Defender: es the center of the target. This sets the highest possible score at 490.5 points. Jamie BEYERLE-GRAY (USA) The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not car- ried forward into the final round. The final begins with three series of 5 shots in the kneeling position to be fired within 200 seconds, followed by a 7 minutes changeover time. Three more se- ries of 5 shots in the prone position are then fired within 150 seconds, followed by a second interval of 9 minutes. Two series of 5 shots open the standing position phase of the match, at the end of which the two lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final and placed 7th and 8th. The 5 final single shots are fired on command and within 50 seconds, while any following elimination is deter- mined by every shot until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 45th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be eliminat- Since 2014 Nov 8 married: ed, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken. Jamie Lynn CORKISH (USA) Date of birth: 26/05/1984 Born in: , PA, United States of America Jamie Lynn Corkish is a retired Shooting athlete from the United States of America who competed Age: 32 in the Rifle discipline. She debuted under her maiden name Beyerle in the Handedness: Right ISSF World Cup Series in 2001, starting in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Master eye: Right and in the 10m Air Rifle Women event at the stage held in (USA), while Competing since: 1999 - retired her first World Cup Gold came only two years later, in 2003, in (SRB). from shooting 2014 At the London 2012 Olympic Games she earned a spot in both women’s Rifle events, also qualifying for both final phases, just like she did four years earlier in Beijing (CHN). After placing 5th in the 10m Air Rifle Women event, Corkish nailed the best qualification score in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women match, eventually securing the Gold medal with 691.9 points, a new Olympic Record. As a junior athlete, in 2001, she won the Gold medal in two different events at the continental championship held in Fort Benning (USA). RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 19 50M RIFLE PRONE MEN

FRIDAY, AUG 12 2016 finals AT 11:00

The 50m Rifle Prone Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation shoot- World Ranking #1: ing event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 50 meters in prone posi- Torben GRIMMEL (DEN) tion, using a 5.6 millimeters / 0.22 inches caliber rifle with a maximum weight of 8.0 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 0.75 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 154.4 millimeters. The diameter of the fourth ring is 106.4 millimeters, while the tenth ring measures 10.4 millimeters. The use of specialized clothing is allowed to improve the stability of the shooting position.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 50m Rifle Prone Men competitor has to fire 60 shots within 50 minutes. The qualifications are scored in decimal World Record: points, with the maximum score per shot being 10.9 points because of an 633.0 points scored by Sergey additional set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases the score of KAMENSKIY (RUS) 0.1 points as it approaches the center of the target. The maximum qualification on 21/07/2015 score is 654.0 points.

Finals World Record: Final round 211.2 points scored by Henri JUNG- The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, HAENEL (GER) where they can shoot up to 20 final shots. on 1/11/2013 The maximum score for each shot is still 10.9 points, setting the highest pos- sible score at 218.0 points. The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not carried forward into the final round. Title Defender: The final begins with two series of 3 shots, to be fired within 100 seconds, Sergei MARTYNOV (BLR) followed by 14 single shots to be fired on command and within 30 sec- onds. After the eighth final shot, the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final and places 8th. Any following elimination is determined every 2 shots until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 20th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be elimi- nated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.

Sergei MARTYNOV The 48-year-old Sergei Martynov is a Belarusian Shooting athlete who com- Date of birth: 18/05/1968 petes in the Rifle discipline. Martynov, who claimed the 50m Rifle Prone Men Born in: Russian Federation Gold medal at the ISSF World Championship in 2006 and 2010, respectively Age: 48 in Zagreb (CRO) and Munich (GER), is also a three-time Olympic medalist. Handedness: Right After securing the Bronze at 2000 and Athens 2004, Martynov finally Master eye: Left secured the top of the 50m Rifle Prone Men Olympic podium at London 2012, Competing since: 1986 his sixth Olympic participation, where he also equaled the World Record and set a new Finals World Record. He won 17 World Cup Gold medals in the three Olympic Rifle events between1988 and 2012, also competing under the flag of the former USSR.

20 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide SKEET WOMEN

FRIDAY, AUG 12 2016 finals AT 15:00

The Skeet Women is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting event, World Ranking #1: where athletes shoot on eight different stations to hit doubles of orange clay Sutiya JIEWCHALOEMMIT targets thrown from two houses located at the left and right end of the range. The house on the left is called High House, and the targets thrown from it are (THA) Pull; the one on the right is called Low House, and its targets are called Mark. In the Skeet Women event athletes shoot one-by-one.

Qualification round During the qualifications every Skeet Women competitor has to shoot 75 tar- gets, divided in three rounds of 25 targets each. Every round involves up to six athletes, who shoot from stations number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 rotating from left to right and shooting single or double targets according to a fixed scheme. World Record: 75 targets scored by Diana BACOSI (ITA) Semifinal round on 20/06/2015 The top-six athletes from the qualification phase advance to the semifinal round, where they shoot 16 targets each from stations number 3, 4, 5 and 4 again. Finals World Record: During the semifinals targets are always thrown as doubles and the athletes no Finals World Record switch to the following station every two doubles. The semifinal round con- will be registered cludes when every athlete has fired four targets from station number 3, 4 and 5, and four last targets again from station number 4. Title Defender: Kimberly RHODE (USA) Medal matches The top-two athletes from the semifinal round advance to the Gold medal match, while the 3rd and 4th best semifinalists advance to the Bronze medal match. The two medal matches are conducted with the same rules of the semifinals: the two finalists shoot 16 targets from stations number 3, 4, 5 and 4 again. All ties are broken by shoot-offs.

Kimberly RHODE United States’ Kimberly Rhode is a Shooting sport athlete currently compet- ing in the Skeet Women event who previously collected two Olympic Gold Date of birth: 16/07/1979 medals in the Double Trap Women event. The 37-year-old from , Born in: Whittier, CA, United States CA, is the youngest female Gold medalist in the history of Olympic Shooting, of America having claimed the top of the Double Trap Women podium in Atlanta (USA) in Age: 37 1996, when she was just 17 years old. As the Double Trap Women event was Handedness: Right removed from the Olympic program, Rhode switched to the Skeet Women, Master eye: Left quickly adjusting her shooting style and pocketing two more Olympic medals Competing since: 1990 in Beijing (CHN), where she finished 2nd and claimed the Silver medal in 2008, and London (GBR) where she pocketed the third Olympic Gold medal of her stunning career, also equaling the World Record with 99 targets. She established a record for the US team by winning medals in five consecutive Olympic Games.

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 21 25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL MEN

SATURDAY, AUG 13 2016 finals AT 12:30

The 25 Rapid Fire Pistol Men is an International Shooting Sport World Ranking #1: Federation shooting event where athletes shoot over a distance of 25 meters ZHANG Fusheng (CHN) in standing positions, using a 5.6 millimeters / 0.22 inches caliber pistol with a maximum weight of 1.4 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 1.4 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 500 millimeters. The diameter of the tenth ring mea- sures 100 millimeters.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 25m Rapid Fire Pistol competitor has to fire 60 shots: two identical stages of 30 shots, divided in six series of 5 shots each. The first two series has to be fired within 8 seconds, the third and the fourth one within 6 seconds, while the last two series has to be fired World Record Holder: within 4 seconds. 593 points scored by The qualifications are scored in integer points, with the maximum score per (GER) shot being 10 points. The maximum qualification score is 600 points. on 31/07/2015

Final round Finals World Record The top six athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, Holder: where they can shoot up to eight 5-shots series. 35 points scored by The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not car- Riccardo MAZZETTI (ITA) ried forward into the final round. on 06/07/2014 In the final round the scoring system switches from a points system to a hit-or- miss system. In the hit-or-miss system a score of 9.7 or higher is counted as a hit, while a score of 9.6 or lower is counted as a miss. Title Defender: The series begin with four 5-shots series, each to be fired within 4 seconds, Leuris PUPO (CUB) followed by four more single 5-shots series. After the fourth series the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final and places 6th. Any following elimination id determined at the end of each series until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 8th and conclusive series. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be eliminated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking series until the tie is broken.

Leuris Pupo is a 39-year-old Cuban Pistol shooter born in Holguin, the fourth largest city in the country. Pupo competes in the ISSF World Cup since 1997, when he Date of birth: 09/04/1977 debuted in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men event on his home turf in Born in: Holguin, (CUB). The following year in (ARG) he secured his first World Age: 39 Cup Gold medal, to which he added 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze in the following Handedness: Right years of his career. At the London 2012 Olympic Games Pupo won the Master eye: Right Olympic Gold medal in the 25m Rapid Faire Pistol Men event, the first and Competing since: 1997 only one in the history of Cuban Shooting sport. His resume also includes two Pan-American Games Gold medals and two Championship of Americas titles.

22 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide SKEET MEN

SATURDAY, AUG 13 2016 finals AT 15:00

The Skeet Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation shooting event, World Ranking #1: where athletes shoot on eight different stations to hit doubles of orange clay Tammaro CASSANDRO (ITA) targets thrown from two houses located at the left and right end of the range. The house on the left is called High House, and the targets thrown from it are called Pull; the one on the right is called Low House, and its targets are called Mark. In the Skeet Men event athletes shoot one-by-one.

Qualification round During the qualifications every Skeet Men competitor has to shoot 125 tar- gets, divided in five rounds of 25 targets each. Every round involves up to six athletes, who shoot from stations number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 rotat- ing from left to right and shooting single or double targets according to a fixed scheme. World Record: 125 targets scored by Valerio LUCHINI (ITA) Semifinal round on 09/07/2014 The top-six athletes from the qualification phase advance to the semifinal round, where they shoot 16 targets each from stations number 3, 4, 5 and 4 again. During the semifinals targets are always thrown as doubles and the athletes Finals World Record: switch to the following station every two doubles. The semifinal round con- no Finals World Record cludes when every athlete has fired four targets from station number 3, 4 and will be registered 5, and four last targets again from station number 4.

Title Defender: (USA) Medal matches The top-two athletes from the semifinal round advance to the Gold medal match, while the 3rd and 4th best semifinalists advance to the Bronze medal match. The two medal matches are conducted with the same rules of the semifinals: the two finalists shoot 16 targets from stations number 3, 4, 5 and 4 again. All ties are broken by shoot-offs.

Vincent Hancock is a United States’ Shooting athlete competing in the Skeet Men event. In 2005, as a 16 years old shooter, Hancock erupted on the international Date of birth: 19/03/1989 Shooting sport scene, pocketing 2 World Cup Golds and 2 World Cup Silvers, Born in: Port Charlotte, FL, also placing second at the ISSF World Cup Final in (UAE). Most United States of America importantly, that year, he claimed his first ISSF World Championship Gold Age: 27 medal in Lonato (ITA), to which he added a second one in Maribor (SLO) in Handedness: Right 2009 and a third one, again in Lonato in 2015. At the 2012 Olympic Games he Master eye: Right wrote a new page in the history books of Shooting, becoming the first Skeet Competing since: 2002 shooter to claim back-to-back Olympic Gold medal in the Skeet Men event, also setting a new Olympic Record and a new Final Olympic Record, besting the ones he previously set in Beijing (CHN) in 2008. He was elected as the ISSF Shooter of the Year in 2005, and ten years later, in 2015.

RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 23 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS MEN SUNDAY, AUG 14 2016 finals AT 13:00

The 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men is an International Shooting Sport Federation World Ranking #1: shooting event, where athletes shoot over a distance of 50 meters in kneel- (USA) ing, prone and standing positions, using a 5.6 millimeters / 0.22 inches caliber rifle with a maximum weight of 8.0 kilograms. The center of the target is positioned at 0.75 meters above the floor and its total diameter measures 154.4 millimeters. The diameter of the fourth ring is 106.4 millimeters, while the tenth ring measures 10.4 millimeters. The use of special- ized clothing is allowed to improve the stability of the shooting positions.

Qualification round During the qualification round every 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men competitor has to fire 40 kneeling shots, 40 prone shots and 40 standing shots within a total of 2 hours and 45 minutes. The qualifications are scored in integer World Record: points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points, and the maximum 1186 points scored by qualification score being 1200 points. Nazar LOUGINETS (RUS) on 12/06/2014

Final round Finals World Record: The top eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, 464.1 points scored by where they can shoot up to 45 final shots. The maximum score for each Matthew EMMONS (USA) shot is 10.9 points, because of an additional set of 10 rings within the 10-point on 25/05/2016 circle that increases the score of 0.1 points as it approaches the center of the target. This sets the highest possible score at 490.5 points. Title Defender: The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not car- Niccolò CAMPRIANI (ITA) ried forward into the final round. The final begins with three series of 5 shots in the kneeling position to be fired within 200 seconds, followed by a 7 minutes changeover time. Three more se- ries of 5 shots in the prone position are then fired within 150 seconds, followed by a second interval of 9 minutes. Two series of 5 shots open the standing position phase of the match, at the end of which the two lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final, placing 7th and 8th. The 5 final single shots are fired on command and within 50 seconds, with any following elimination determined by every shot until the Gold and Silver medalists are decided by the 45th and conclusive shot. If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be eliminated, the Date of birth: 06/11/1987 tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken. Born in: Florence, Italy Age: 28 Handedness: Right Niccolò Campriani Master eye: Right is an Italian Shooting athlete born in Florence (ITA) in 1987. He started com- Competing since: 2001 peting as a senior on an international level in 2007, eventually qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games, where he started in all three men’s Rifle event. where indeed he secured a Silver Campriani’s first Gold medal in the ISSF World Cup came in Fort Benning medal in the 10m Air Rifle Men event (USA) in 2010, when he ruled the 50m Rifle Prone Men event, followed a few and became the Olympic Champion weeks later by a 1st place in the 10m Air Rifle Men in (SRB). In 2012 in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men. Rio he secured three more World Cup Golds in Munich (GER), London (GBR) and de Janeiro (BRA) will mark his third (ITA), enrolling as one of the favorites for the upcoming Olympic Games, Olympic participation.

24 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide XXX Olympic Games 2012 LONDON, GBR

10m Air Pistol Men: (44) 10m Air Rifle Women: (56) MEN EVENTS: 1 JIN Jongoh KOR 588/ 100,2 = 688,2 1 YI Siling CHN 399/ 103,9 = 502,9 2 TESCONI Luca ITA 584/ 101,8 = 685,8 2 BOGACKA Sylwia POL 399/ 103,2 = 502,2 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men: (41) 3 ZLATIC Andrija SRB 585/ 100,2 = 685,2 3 YU Dan CHN 398/ 103,5 = 501,5 1 CAMPRIANI Niccolo ITA 1180/ 98,5 = 1278,5 4 CHN 586/ 97,7 = 683,7 4 EMMONS Katerina CZE 397/ 103,3 = 500,3 2 KIM Jonghyun KOR 1171/ 101,5 = 1272,5 5 OMELCHUK Oleh UKR 583/ 100,6 = 683,6 quali-shoot-off: 50,3 3 EMMONS Matthew USA 1172/ 99,3 = 1271,3 6 CARRERA Pablo ESP 585/ 98,3 = 683,3 5 GRAY Jamie Lynn USA 397/ 102,7 = 499,7 4 GRAFF Cyril FRA 1171/ 100,0 = 1271,0 7 COSTA Joao POR 583/ 99,3 = 682,3 quali-shoot-off: 51,5 5 CHN 1170/ 100,2 = 1270,2 8 JAHNSSON Kai FIN 583/ 96,1 = 679,1 6 AHMADI Elaheh IRI 397/ 102,1 = 499,1 6 SIDI Peter HUN 1168/ 101,0 = 1269,0 9 HOANG Xuan Vinh VIE 582 quali-shoot-off: 52,0 quali-shoot-off: 48,2 10 EKIMOV Leonid RUS 582 7 SCHERER Sarah USA 397/ 102,0 = 499,0 7 BRYHN Ole Kristian NOR 1169/ 98,8 = 1267,8 Trap Men: (34) quali-shoot-off: 51,2 8 SHCHERBATSEVICH Yury BLR 1171/ 96,3 = 1267,3 1 CERNOGORAZ Giovanni CRO 122/ 24 = 146 8 VDOVINA Daria RUS 398/ 100,5 = 498,5 9 HAN Jinseop KOR 1168 shoot-off: 6 9 NIELSEN Stine DEN 397 quali-shoot-off: 48,1 2 FABBRIZI Massimo ITA 123/ 23 = 146 quali-shoot-off: 50,1 10 AYVAZYAN Artur UKR 1168 shoot-off: 5 10 GALKINA Lioubov RUS 396 quali-shoot-off: 47,8 3 ALDEEHANI Fehaid KUW 124/ 21 = 145 25m Pistol Women: (39) 50m Rifle Prone Men: (50) shoot-off: 4 1 KIM Jangmi KOR 591/ 201,4 = 792,4 1 MARTYNOV Sergei BLR 600/ 105,5 = 705,5 4 DIAMOND Michael AUS 125/ 20 = 145 2 CHEN Ying CHN 585/ 206,4 = 791,4 2 COX Lionel BEL 599/ 102,2 = 701,2 shoot-off: 3 3 KOSTEVYCH Olena UKR 585/ 203,6 = 788,6 3 DEBEVEC Rajmond SLO 596/ 105,0 = 701,0 5 SERRANO Jesus ESP 123/ 21 = 144 4 ARUNOVIC Zorana SRB 583/ 204,3 = 787,3 4 KARMAKAR Joydeep IND 595/ 104,1 = 699,1 6 GLASNOVIC Anton CRO 122/ 21 = 143 quali-shoot-off: 49+49 quali-shoot-off: 51,6 7 MACEK Bostjan SLO 121 5 MOZGALOVA Kira RUS 585/ 201,9 = 786,9 5 BRODMEIER Daniel GER 595/ 103,2 = 698,2 8 PELLIELO Giovanni ITA 121 6 CSONKA Zsofia HUN 584/ 200,0 = 784,0 quali-shoot-off: 52,3 9 KOSAREV Maxim RUS 121 7 JO Yong Suk PRK 583/ 199,3 = 782,3 6 HAN Jinseop KOR 595/ 103,2 = 698,2 10 AL-ATHBA Rashid QAT 121 quali-shoot-off: 50 quali-shoot-off: 52,2 Double Trap Men: (24) 8 PRUCKSAKORN Tanyaporn THA 586/ 192,4 = 778,4 7 DURKOVIC Bojan CRO 595/ 103,0 = 698,0 1 WILSON Peter Robert Russell GBR 143/ 45 = 188 9 GROZDEVA Maria BUL 583 quali-shoot-off: 51,6 2 DAHLBY Hakan SWE 137/ 49 = 186 quali-shoot-off: 49+48 8 CAMPRIANI Niccolo ITA 595/ 102,6 = 697,6 3 MOSIN Vasily RUS 140/ 45 = 185 10 BONEVA Antoaneta BUL 582 quali-shoot-off: 51,7 shoot-off: 2 10m Air Pistol Women: (49) 9 MCPHAIL Michael USA 595 4 ALDEEHANI Fehaid KUW 140/ 45 = 185 1 GUO Wenjun CHN 388/ 100,1 = 488,1 quali-shoot-off: 51,3 shoot-off: 1 2 GOBERVILLE Celine FRA 387/ 99,6 = 486,6 10 MIROSAVLJEV Nemanja SRB 595 5 FOKEEV Vitaly RUS 139/ 45 = 184 shoot-off: 10,6 quali-shoot-off: 51,0 6 BOGNAR Richard HUN 137/ 45 = 182 3 KOSTEVYCH Olena UKR 387/ 99,6 = 486,6 10m Air Rifle Men: (47) 7 AL-ATHBA Rashid QAT 136 shoot-off: 9,7 1 MOLDOVEANU Alin George ROU 599/ 103,1 = 702,1 8 D ANIELLO Francesco ITA 136 4 YASKEVICH Liubov RUS 385/ 101,0 = 486,0 2 CAMPRIANI Niccolo ITA 599/ 102,5 = 701,5 9 CHETCUTI William MLT 135 5 CHAIKA Viktoria BLR 385/ 100,2 = 485,2 3 NARANG Gagan IND 598/ 103,1 = 701,1 10 LI Jun CHN 134 6 SU Yuling CHN 386/ 98,6 = 484,6 4 WANG Tao CHN 598/ 102,4 = 700,4 Skeet Men: (36) 7 ARUNOVIC Zorana SRB 385/ 98,5 = 483,5 5 HELLENBRAND Peter NED 596/ 103,8 = 699,8 1 HANCOCK Vincent USA 123/ 25 = 148 8 MARUSKOVA Lenka CZE 385/ 97,6 = 482,6 6 PIASECKI Pierre Edmond FRA 596/ 103,1 = 699,1 2 GOLDING Anders DEN 122/ 24 = 146 9 BONEVA Antoaneta BUL 384 7 CHARHEIKA Illia BLR 597/ 101,6 = 698,6 3 AL-ATTIYA Nasser QAT 121/ 23 = 144 10 JO Yong Suk PRK 384 8 BAKKEN Ole Magnus NOR 597/ 94,5 = 691,5 shoot-off: 6 Trap Women: (22) 9 RICHTER Sergey ISR 595 4 SHOMIN Valeriy RUS 121/ 23 = 144 1 ROSSI Jessica ITA 75/ 24 = 99 10 ZHU Qinan CHN 595 shoot-off: 5 2 STEFECEKOVA Zuzana SVK 73/ 20 = 93 50m Pistol Men: (38) 5 LODDE Luigi ITA 120/ 23 = 143 shoot-off: 3 1 JIN Jongoh KOR 562/ 100,0 = 662,0 6 SYCHRA Jan CZE 120/ 23 = 143 3 REAU Delphine FRA 72/ 21 = 93 2 CHOI Young Rae KOR 569/ 92,5 = 661,5 7 SVENSSON Marcus SWE 119 shoot-off: 2 3 WANG Zhiwei CHN 566/ 92,6 = 658,6 8 THOMPSON Frank USA 119 4 PERILLI Alessandra SMR 71/ 22 = 93 4 HOANG Xuan Vinh VIE 563/ 95,5 = 658,5 9 MAVROMMATIS Nikolaos GRE 119 shoot-off: 1 5 GIORDANO Giuseppe ITA 559/ 97,0 = 656,0 10 BUCHHEIM Ralf GER 118 5 GALVEZ Fatima ESP 70/ 17 = 87 quali-shoot-off: 49,6 quali-shoot-off: 12 6 ZLATIC Andrija SRB 564/ 91,9 = 655,9 6 BALOGH Suzanne AUS 72/ 15 = 87 7 REITZ Christian GER 560/ 94,3 = 654,3 7 MAKELA-NUMMELA Satu FIN 70 8 EKIMOV Leonid RUS 560/ 92,0 = 652,0 quali-shoot-off: 11 9 COSTA Joao POR 559 WOMEN EVENTS: 8 TKACH Elena RUS 70 quali-shoot-off: 49,5 quali-shoot-off: 6 10 ISAKOV Vladimir RUS 559 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women: (47) 9 RHODE Kimberly USA 68 quali-shoot-off: 49,0 1 GRAY Jamie Lynn USA 592/ 99,9 = 691,9 10 LIN Yi Chun TPE 68 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men: (18) 2 MAKSIMOVIC Ivana SRB 590/ 97,5 = 687,5 Skeet Women: (17) 1 PUPO Leuris CUB 586/ 34 3 SYKOROVA Adela CZE 584/ 99,0 = 683,0 1 RHODE Kimberly USA 74/ 25 = 99 2 KUMAR Vijay IND 585/ 30 4 BOGACKA Sylwia POL 583/ 98,9 = 681,9 2 WEI Ning CHN 68/ 23 = 91 3 DING Feng CHN 588/ 27 quali-shoot-off: 49,6 3 BARTEKOVA Danka SVK 70/ 20 = 90 4 KLIMOV Alexei RUS 592/ 23 5 PEJCIC Snjezana CRO 584/ 97,9 = 681,9 shoot-off: 4 5 ZHANG Jian CHN 584/ 17 6 ENGLEDER Barbara GER 583/ 97,8 = 680,8 4 BELIKOVA Marina RUS 69/ 21 = 90 6 REITZ Christian GER 583/ 13 quali-shoot-off: 49,8 shoot-off: 3 quali-shoot-off: 48 7 VDOVINA Daria RUS 585/ 95,8 = 680,8 5 CAINERO Chiara ITA 67/ 22 = 89 7 PODHRASKY Martin CZE 583 8 NAGAY Agnieszka POL 584/ 94,2 = 678,2 quali-shoot-off: 2 quali-shoot-off: 44 9 LI Peijing CHN 583 6 WENZEL Christine GER 68/ 21 = 89 8 EKIMOV Leonid RUS 582 quali-shoot-off: 47,8 7 LUNDQVIST Therese SWE 67 9 STRNAD Martin CZE 580 10 NA Yoon Kyung KOR 583 quali-shoot-off: 1 10 KIM Daeyoong KOR 579 quali-shoot-off: 46,9 8 CROVETTO CHADID Fra. CHI 66 9 MICHSHUK Angelina KAZ 66 10 GIRARDET Veronique FRA 66

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4 LIPTAK Jiri CZE 124 7 ENGLEDER Barbara GER 419,3/ 101,7 MEN EVENTS: Semifinal: 13, Bronze Medal Match: 12 8 PAUL Ayonika IND 420,8/ 80,9 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 1 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men: (108) 5 BASTOS Rodrigo BRA 123 25m Pistol Women: (98) 1 ZHU Qinan CHN 1180/ 457,2 Semifinal: 13 1 ZHANG Jingjing CHN 583 2 KAMENSKIY Sergey RUS 1179/ 456,0 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 0 Semifinal: 16 Hits, Gold Medal Match: 7 Points 3 BUBNOVICH Vitali BLR 1181/ 443,6 Quali-Shoot-off: 4 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 4 4 KULISH Serhiy UKR 1180/ 433,7 6 SOSA Lyndon LUX 123 2 KIM Jangmi KOR 585 5 HAN Jinseop KOR 1179/ 422,7 Semifinal: 10 Semifinal: 21 Hits, Gold Medal Match: 1 Point 6 LOUGINETS Nazar RUS 1177/ 410,0 Quali-Shoot-off: 4 3 TOBAI SIKE Renata HUN 586 7 HANSEN Are NOR 1177/ 402,8 7 ALDEEHANI Fehaid KUW 123 Semifinal: 16 Hits, Bronze Medal Match: 10 Points 8 CAMPRIANI Niccolo ITA 1183/ 401,2 Quali-Shoot-off: 3 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 3 8 DAVIS Bradley GBR 123 4 JO Yong Suk PRK 585 50m Rifle Prone Men: (138) Quali-Shoot-off: 2 Semifinal: 16 Hits, Bronze Medal Match: 8 Points 1 POTENT Warren AUS 626,9/ 210,0 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 0 2 BRODMEIER Daniel GER 625,7/ 208,6 Double Trap Men: (64) 5 TIRODE Stephanie FRA 583 3 SHCHERBATSEVICH Yury BLR 626,9/ 188,0 1 RICHMOND Joshua USA 143 Semifinal: 15 Hits 4 KAMENSKIY Sergey RUS 632,3/ 167,0 Semifinal: 30, Gold Medal Match: 30 6 KARSCH Monika GER 583 5 DE NICOLO Marco ITA 627,7/ 145,0 2 BARILLA Antonino ITA 143 Semifinal: 14 Hits 6 NARANG Gagan IND 625,5/ 124,2 Semifinal: 30, Gold Medal Match: 29 7 BONEVA Antoaneta BUL 588 7 BUBNOVICH Vitali BLR 625,3/ 102,9 3 SCOTT Steven GBR 143 Semifinal: 11 Hits 8 SUKHORUKOV Yuriy UKR 626,2/ 81,4 Semifinal: 28, Bronze Medal Match: 27 8 FRANQUET Sonia ESP 583 4 DI SPIGNO Daniele ITA 142 Semifinal: 10 Hits 10m Air Rifle Men: (119) Semifinal: 28, Bronze Medal Match: 26 1 CHN 632,1/ 207,9 5 HU Binyuan CHN 144 10m Air Pistol Women: (115) 2 LOUGINETS Nazar RUS 627,3/ 206,0 Semifinal: 27 1 JUNG Jeehae KOR 382/ 197,4 3 BUBNOVICH Vitali BLR 629,7/ 184,9 6 FOKEEV Vitaly RUS 143 2 KOSTEVYCH Olena UKR 384/ 196,7 4 KRUGLOV Sergey RUS 627,6/ 163,7 Semifinal: 26 3 WU Chia Ying TPE 384/ 177,0 5 CAO Yifei CHN 626,3/ 143,8 7 MOSIN Vasily RUS 141 4 DOBRAVEC Petra SLO 385/ 155,0 6 MONNIER Jeremy FRA 626,6/ 121,7 8 OLEJNIK Hubert Andrzej SVK 140 5 TOBAI SIKE Renata HUN 388/ 133,3 7 KIM Sang Do KOR 626,6/ 101,1 6 FRANQUET Sonia ESP 382/ 112,8 8 LIU Tianyou CHN 628,1/ 80,1 Skeet Men: (132) 7 SEKARIC Jasna SRB 382/ 94,0 1 ZEMLIN Alexander RUS 122 8 KONARIEVA Polina UKR 384/ 70,7 50m Pistol Men: (101) Semifinal: 15, Gold Medal Match: 16 1 JIN Jongoh KOR 583/ 192,3 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 4 Trap Women: (75) 2 RAI Jitu IND 565/ 191,1 2 TERRAS Anthony FRA 122 1 QUOOSS Katrin GER 73 3 PANG Wei CHN 563/ 172,6 Semifinal: 15, Gold Medal Match: 14 Semifinal: 15, Gold Medal Match: 13 4 HOANG Xuan Vinh VIE 564/ 150,0 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 4 2 GALVEZ Fatima ESP 72 5 KOROSTYLOV Pavlo UKR 564/ 129,3 3 MEHELBA Azmy EGY 121 Semifinal: 15, Gold Medal Match: 12 6 MATSUDA Tomoyuki JPN 566/ 111,0 Semifinal: 15, Bronze Medal Match: 15 Quali-Shoot-off: 1 7 CHOI Young Rae KOR 565/ 91,4 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 3 3 SKINNER Catherine AUS 72 8 KIM Jong Su PRK 565/ 72,7 Quali-Shoot-off: 8 Semifinal: 12, Bronze Medal Match: 13 4 DELAUNAY Eric FRA 122 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 1 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men: (69) Semifinal: 14, Bronze Medal Match: 13 Quali-Shoot-off: 1 1 KIM Jun Hong KOR 584/ 33 5 HAMAD Rashid QAT 121 4 BECKMANN Jana GER 73 2 GEIS Oliver GER 582/ 30 Semifinal: 12 Semifinal: 14, Bronze Medal Match: 10 3 LI Yuehong CHN 584/ 28 Quali-Shoot-off: 8 5 GELISIO Deborah ITA 72 4 STRNAD Martin CZE 580/ 20 6 LODDE Luigi ITA 122 Semifinal: 12 5 BONDARUK Roman UKR 581/ 16 Semifinal: 12 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 0 6 REITZ Christian GER 590/ 11 7 BIRD Jeremy Harry GBR 121 Quali-Shoot-off: 1 7 PODHRASKY Martin CZE 580 Quali-Shoot-off: 7 6 PERILLI Arianna SMR 74 8 DAUMAL Fabrice FRA 580 8 ARAMBURU Juan Jose ESP 121 Semifinal: 10 Quali-Shoot-off: 7 7 NAKAYAMA Yukie JPN 72 10m Air Pistol Men: (117) Quali-Shoot-off: 0 1 JIN Jongoh KOR 584/ 200,3 8 ROSSI Jessica ITA 71 2 DIKEC Yusuf TUR 582/ 198,0 WOMEN EVENTS: 3 GONTCHAROV Vladimir RUS 583/ 178,9 Skeet Women: (64) 4 PU Qifeng CHN 582/ 157,5 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women: (110) 1 DROZD Brandy N USA 73 5 PANG Wei CHN 589/ 138,8 1 GAUSS Beate GER 590/ 456,6 Semifinal: 16, Gold Medal Match: 14 6 TRAN Quoc Cuong VIE 582/ 118,8 2 PEJCIC Snjezana CRO 586/ 455,1 2 ALLEN Elena GBR 73 7 TUZINSKY Juraj SVK 582/ 98,2 3 WESTERHEIM Malin NOR 585/ 444,7 Semifinal: 15, Gold Medal Match: 13 8 DONKOV Samuil BUL 583/ 75,6 4 ZUBLASING Petra ITA 587/ 434,2 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 2 5 CHEN Dongqi CHN 587/ 422,8 3 BARTEKOVA Danka SVK 73 Trap Men: (147) 6 MAZUROVA Nikola CZE 587/ 413,0 Semifinal: 15, Bronze Medal Match: 14 1 VARGA Erik SVK 124 7 SER Xiang Wei Jasmine SIN 585/ 401,5 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 1 Semifinal: 15, Gold Medal Match: 12 8 SYKOROVA Adela CZE 588/ 396,9 Shoot-off: 6 Shoot-off: 5 4 SHAKIROVA Albina RUS 74 2 LING Edward GBR 124 10m Air Rifle Women: (130) Semifinal: 13, Bronze Medal Match: 14 Semifinal: 14, Gold Medal Match: 12 1 ZUBLASING Petra ITA 418,3/ 207,1 Shoot-off: 5 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 1 2 YI Siling CHN 418,1/ 206,8 5 CROVETTO CHADID Francisca CHI 72 Shoot-off: 4 3 PFEILSCHIFTER Sonja GER 418,0/ 185,9 Semifinal: 11 3 PELLIELO Giovanni ITA 124 4 ZHANG Bin Bin CHN 416,4/ 164,3 Quali-Shoot-off: 8 Semifinal: 14, Bronze Medal Match: 15 5 ARSOVIC Andrea SRB 418,6/ 143,3 6 ELEFTHERIOU Andri CYP 72 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 0 6 NIELSEN Stine DEN 416,9/ 122,7 Semifinal: 11 Quali-Shoot-off: 8

26 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide 7 RHODE Kimberly USA 72 3 HALES Nathan GBR 119 10m Air Rifle: (85) Quali-Shoot-off: 6 Semifinal: 12, Bronze Medal Match: 12 1 HORNUNG Sarah SUI 416,7/ 207,2 8 HILL Amber GBR 72 Quali-Shoot-off: 4 2 ZIVIANI Martina ITA 418,0/ 207,1 Quali-Shoot-off: 5 Shoot-off: 8 3 GSCHWANDTNER Selina GER 419,4/ 185,0 4 WILKINSON Jack Douglas Leslie GBR 120 4 KHEDMATI Najmeh IRI 416,3/ 164,4 Semifinal: 11, Bronze Medal Match: 12 5 KARAMZADEH Fatemeh IRI 414,5/ 143,7 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 5 6 KREUTZER Nina Laura GER 414,8/ 121,9 MEN JUNIOR EVENTS: Shoot-off: 7 7 KIM Jinyoung KOR 415,4/ 100,2 5 GORMAZ Alvaro ESP 121 8 MILES Minden USA 417,4/ 80,0 50m Rifle 3 Positions: (55) Semifinal: 11 1 LINK Andre GER 1171/ 456,1 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 4 25m Pistol: (50) 2 RAYNAUD Alexis FRA 1171/ 455,7 6 BOERI Andrea ITA 122 1 LAMOLLE Mathilde FRA 581 3 RUMPLER Gernot AUT 1172/ 443,9 Semifinal: 9 Semifinal: 15 Hits, Gold Medal Match: 7 Points 4 CHASSAT Emilien FRA 1164/ 433,0 7 NAVRATIL Josef CZE 119 2 LIN Yuemei CHN 583 5 ZHAO Zhonghao CHN 1166/ 422,8 Quali-Shoot-off: 3 Semifinal: 16 Hits, Gold Medal Match: 1 Point 6 PANCHENKO Evgeny RUS 1166/ 410,7 8 GULIYEV Alimirza AZE 119 3 NENCHEVA Lidia BUL 584 7 BABAYAN Hrachik ARM 1163/ 402,0 Quali-Shoot-off: 1 Semifinal: 13 Hits, Bronze Medal Match: 7 Points 8 WU Peng CHN 1163/ 394,6 4 JEONG Yeonse KOR 572 Double Trap: (24) Semifinal: 13 Hits, Bronze Medal Match: 5 Points 50m Rifle Prone: (62) 1 VESCOVI Andrea ITA 134 5 CAO Lijia CHN 581 1 KAULICH Christoph GER 629,3/ 207,6 Semifinal: 28, Gold Medal Match: 29 Semifinal: 12 Hits 2 RAYNAUD Alexis FRA 624,9/ 207,6 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 10 6 NOWAK Agata POL 573 3 MAJKA Marcin POL 619,3/ 185,6 2 RUPERT Ian USA 137 Semifinal: 11 Hits 4 LINK Andre GER 620,4/ 163,6 Semifinal: 28, Gold Medal Match: 28 7 SKERIES Michelle GER 573 5 LUESCHER Manuel SUI 620,9/ 143,3 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 10 Semifinal: 10 Hits 6 RUMPLER Gernot AUT 618,0/ 122,5 3 SLEPUSHKIN Anton RUS 136 8 TOMALA Joanna POL 573 7 LEPPA Aleksi FIN 619,4/ 102,0 Semifinal: 28, Bronze Medal Match: 28 Semifinal: 7 Hits 8 ISHCHENKO Evgeniy RUS 620,5/ 80,7 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 9 4 XUEREB Nathan Lee MLT 139 10m Air Pistol: (68) 10m Air Rifle: (80) Semifinal: 28, Bronze Medal Match: 24 1 LIN Yuemei CHN 380/ 199,8 1 MASLENNIKOV Vladimir RUS 622,8/ 206,8 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 8 2 BATSARASHKINA Vitalina RUS 383/ 198,2 2 BABAYAN Hrachik ARM 624,9/ 205,7 5 FOKEEV Kirill RUS 135 3 KORAKAKI Anna GRE 386/ 178,0 3 PANCHENKO Evgeny RUS 623,0/ 185,3 Semifinal: 28 4 KILADZE Lizi GEO 384/ 155,2 4 RAYNAUD Alexis FRA 622,9/ 163,1 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 5 5 BRES Klaudia POL 382/ 134,8 5 BAUDOUIN Brian FRA 622,6/ 142,2 6 PRAJ Filip SVK 134 6 KOMENDRA Yuliya KAZ 381/ 115,9 6 WU Peng CHN 623,2/ 120,7 Semifinal: 25 7 BAI Xue CHN 380/ 95,8 7 BUFFARD Lorenzo FRA 624,1/ 100,1 7 TRONCA Ignazio Maria ITA 133 8 PARK Jiwon KOR 382/ 76,8 8 WANG Ce CHN 623,7/ DNS in Finals 8 DEDMAN James GBR 130 Trap: (31) 50m Pistol: (49) Skeet: (64) 1 TUGOLUKOVA Yulia RUS 70 1 POCHEPKO Andrey RUS 546/ 193,6 1 ROSSETTI Gabriele ITA 123 Semifinal: 14, Gold Medal Match: 13 2 DI MARTINO Dario ITA 560/ 190,1 Semifinal: 15, Gold Medal Match: 15 Shoot-off: 1 3 ZHANG Bowen CHN 551/ 169,7 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 7 2 RAFFAELLI Valeria ITA 70 4 WU Jiayu CHN 552/ 146,2 2 NIKOLAIDIS Stefanos CYP 118 Semifinal: 14, Gold Medal Match: 13 5 BASSARIEV Alexander RUS 550/ 127,8 Semifinal: 16, Gold Medal Match: 13 Shoot-off: 0 6 BLASZKIEWICZ Rafal POL 551/ 109,8 Quali-Shoot-off: 1+2 3 KANDIRA Serdag Saadet TUR 71 7 IGITYAN Zaven ARM 551/ 89,0 3 JUNGMAN Phillip Russell USA 121 Semifinal: 12, Bronze Medal Match: 14 8 OYUN Tuguldur MGL 552/ 69,6 Semifinal: 13, Bronze Medal Match: 15 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 1 Shoot-off: 7 4 MARZO Lisa Nicole ITA 72 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: (30) 4 HAASE Felix GER 121 Semifinal: 13, Bronze Medal Match: 12 1 QUIQUAMPOIX Jean FRA 570/ 28 Semifinal: 15, Bronze Medal Match: 15 5 JIANG Lifang CHN 71 2 MARCHEV Aleksandr RUS 571/ 25 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 6 Semifinal: 12 3 PARK Jungwoo KOR 570/ 21 Shoot-off: 6 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 0 4 JANG Ji Won PRK 575/ 17 5 LLEWELLIN Ben William David GBR 120 6 IEZZI Alessia ITA 69 5 WANG Xinyu CHN 573/ 12 Semifinal: 11 Semifinal: 10, Quali-Shoot-off: 1 6 ZHANG Tianshuai CHN 578/ 10 6 BENET Christian ITA 118 7 SMITH Penny AUS 69 7 MILIWEK Oscar POL 569 Semifinal: 10 Quali-Shoot-off: 0 8 CHICHKOV Alexander USA 568 Quali-Shoot-off: 2 8 CULWELL Amber USA 67 7 FEDOROV Anatoly RUS 118 10m Air Pistol: (65) Quali-Shoot-off: 1+1 Skeet: (35) 1 KINDIG Alexander GER 580/ 199,1 8 MOBERG Edvin SWE 117 1 VIZZI Dania Jo USA 72 2 CHOE Boram KOR 576/ 198,7 Semifinal: 13, Gold Medal Match: 13 3 STRAUTMANIS Lauris LAT 577/ 177,8 2 WIESLHUBER Katrin GER 67 4 VASERMANIS Emils LAT 574/ 157,8 Semifinal: 14, Gold Medal Match: 12 5 TODOROV Aleksandar BUL 572/ 135,5 WOMEN JUNIOR EVENTS 3 SUMOVA Barbora CZE 68 6 SANDBERG Carl SWE 574/ 115,2 Semifinal: 11, Bronze Medal Match: 13 7 QIAN Fangheng CHN 577/ 96,9 50m Rifle 3 Positions: (50) Shoot-off after Semifinal: 6 8 KANG Taeyoung KOR 575/ 76,5 1 PEI Ruijiao CHN 582/ 455,8 4 KOIRA Anastasiia UKR 67 2 CHRISTEN Nina SUI 586/ 453,8 Semifinal: 12, Bronze Medal Match: 11 Trap: (66) 3 GSCHWANDTNER Selina GER 581/ 443,2 5 CARSON Sydney USA 67 1 O SULLIVAN Ian IRL 119 4 BUSK Sina Oleane NOR 578/ 432,3 Semifinal: 11 Semifinal: 13, Gold Medal Match: 13 5 KREUTZER Nina Laura GER 580/ 421,9 Shoot-off after Semifinal: 5 Quali-Shoot-off: 4 6 WINTENBERGER Emilie FRA 578/ 411,3 6 YU Tianyuan CHN 69 2 WALLACE Jack AUS 121 7 BOESIGER Marina SUI 581/ 402,5 Semifinal: 10 Semifinal: 13, Gold Medal Match: 11 8 KOSHY Elizabeth Susan IND 579/ 400,3 7 AL SHARSHANI Reem QAT 66 8 Houston Hannah Nicole USA 65

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MEN Skeet Men (120)

1(2) 1677 CASSANDRO Tammaro ITA 1993 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men (134) 2(1) 1534 HANCOCK Vincent USA 1989 1(1) 2255 EMMONS Matthew USA 1981 3(4) 1039 MEHELBA Azmy EGY 1991 2(2) 1412 GORSA Petar CRO 1988 4(6) 971 TEPLYY Nikolay RUS 1987 3(3) 1057 HUI Zicheng CHN 1989 5(5) 953 SVENSSON Marcus SWE 1990 4(4) 921 KULISH Serhiy UKR 1993 5(5) 805 ZHU Qinan CHN 1984

50m Rifle Prone Men (133) WOMEN 1(1) 2585 GRIMMEL Torben DEN 1975 2(2) 1859 JUNGHAENEL Henri GER 1988 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women (140) 3(3) 1373 POTENT Warren AUS 1962 4(4) 1076 PLETIKOSIC Stevan SRB 1972 1(1) 3234 PEJCIC Snjezana CRO 1982 5(6) 961 PARR Kenneth GBR 1988 2(2) 896 BEER Jolyn GER 1994 3(5) 853 PEER Franziska AUT 1987 4(3) 851 ZUBLASING Petra ITA 1989 10m Air Rifle Men (206) 5(4) 800 ENGLEDER Barbara GER 1982 1(1) 1849 CAO Yifei CHN 1988 2(2) 1381 YANG Haoran CHN 1996 10m Air Rifle Women (230) 3(3) 965 NEPEJCHAL Filip CZE 1999 4(4) 924 QIAN Xuechao CHN 1997 1(1) 1188 ARSOVIC Andrea SRB 1987 5(5) 813 MASLENNIKOV Vladimir RUS 1994 2(2) 1174 SHI Mengyao CHN 1998 3(3) 983 YI Siling CHN 1989 4(4) 947 ZUMAYA FLORES Goretti A. MEX 1997 50m Pistol Men (111) 5(5) 946 DU Bei CHN 1991 1(1) 2132 JIN Jongoh KOR 1979 2(3) 1428 PANG Wei CHN 1986 25m Pistol Women (129) 3(2) 1379 RAI Jitu IND 1987 4(4) 1020 OMELCHUK Oleh UKR 1983 1(1) 2305 ZHANG Jingjing CHN 1988 5(5) 935 WANG Zhiwei CHN 1988 2(2) 1525 BONEVA Antoaneta BUL 1986 3(3) 1408 KOSTEVYCH Olena UKR 1985 4(4) 834 GROZDEVA Maria BUL 1972 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men (80) 5(5) 807 KORAKAKI Anna GRE 1996 1(1) 2278 ZHANG Fusheng CHN 1993 2(2) 1742 REITZ Christian GER 1987 10m Air Pistol Women (164) 3(3) 1542 QUIQUAMPOIX Jean FRA 1995 4(4) 968 KIM Junhong KOR 1990 1(1) 1876 KOSTEVYCH Olena UKR 1985 5(5) 880 SANDERSON Keith USA 1975 2(2) 1157 VELICKOVIC Bobana SRB 1990 3(3) 1045 GUO Wenjun CHN 1984 4(4) 898 KORAKAKI Anna GRE 1996 10m Air Pistol Men (159) 5(5) 869 ZHANG Mengxue CHN 1991 1(1) 1651 WU Felipe Almeida BRA 1992 2(2) 1324 OMELCHUK Oleh UKR 1983 Trap Women (106) 3(3) 1114 RAI Jitu IND 1987 4(4) 970 JIN Jongoh KOR 1979 1(1) 1957 BASSIL Ray LIB 1988 5(5) 897 CARRERA Pablo ESP 1986 2(2) 1140 MAKELA-NUMMELA Satu FIN 1970 3(5) 952 SCHEIBL Sonja GER 1979 4(4) 919 COGDELL Corey USA 1986 Trap Men (147) 5(8) 910 COX Emma Elizabeth AUS 1992 1(1) 1895 FERNANDEZ Alberto ESP 1983 2(3) 1219 LIPTAK Jiri CZE 1982 Skeet Women (91) 3(2) 1069 VARGA Erik SVK 1976 4(4) 1019 CERNOGORAZ Giovanni CRO 1982 1(1) 2224 JIEWCHALOEMMIT Sutiya THA 1986 5(6) 943 BERTI Gian Marco SMR 1982 2(2) 1353 CRAFT Morgan USA 1993 3(3) 1267 ENGLISH Amber USA 1989 4(5) 998 CAINERO Chiara ITA 1978 Double Trap Men (75) 5(5) 966 BACOSI Diana ITA 1983 1(1) 1608 WILLETT James AUS 1995 5(8) 966 RHODE Kimberly USA 1979 2(2) 1469 CHIANESE Alessandro ITA 1990 3(3) 1330 CHETCUTI William MLT 1985 4(4) 1322 RICHMOND Joshua USA 1985 5(6) 1198 LOEW Andreas GER 1982

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WORLD RECORD MEN OLYMPIC RECORD MEN Skeet Men 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men WR 125 LUCHINI Valerio; ITA 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men WR 1186 LOUGINETS Nazar; RUS EWR 125 HANCOCK Vincent; USA OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. WRJ 1181 YANG Haoran; CHN EWR 125 ACHILLEOS Georgios; CYP FOR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. FWR 464.1 EMMONS Matthew; USA EWR 125 TERRAS Anthony; FRA FWRJ 458.6 PENI Istvan; HUN EWR 125 CASSANDRO Tammaro; ITA 50m Rifle Prone Men EWR 125 Buchheim Ralf: GER OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. 50m Rifle Prone Men EWR 125 FILIPPELLI Riccardo: ITA FOR ISSF Rule Change -n.e.y. WR 633.0 KAMENSKIY Sergey; RUS WRJ 124 CASSANDRO Tammaro; ITA WRJ 629.3 KAULICH Christoph; GER EWR 124 ROSSETTI Gabriele; ITA 10m Air Rifle Men FWR 211.2 JUNGHAENEL Henri; GER EWR 124 KALLIOINEN Eetu; FIN OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. FWRJ 209.1 IORDACHE Dragomir; ROU FOR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y.

10m Air Rifle Men 50m Pistol Men WR 633.5 SIDI†Peter; HUN OR 581 MELENTIEV Alexsander; URS WRJ 632.7 YANG Haoran; CHN WORLD RECORD WOMEN FOR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. FWR 210.6 QIAN Xuechao; CHN FWRJ 210.6 QIAN Xuechao; CHN 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men WR 594 PEJCIC Snjezana; CRO OR 593 KLIMOV Alexei; RUS 50m Pistol Men WRJ 592 YOO Seo Young; KOR FOR 34 PUPO Leuris; CUB WR 583 JIN Jongoh; KOR FWR 464.7 ZUBLASING Petra; ITA WRJ 577 KOPRINKOV Spas; BUL FWRJ 455.8 PEI Ruijiao; CHN 10m Air Pistol Men FWR 200.7 JIN Jongoh; KOR OR 591 NESTRUEV Mikhail; RUS FWRJ 193.6 POCHEPKO Andrey; RUS 10m Air Rifle Women FOR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. WR 422.9 CHEN Dongqi; CHN 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men WRJ 420.1 SEO Su Wan; KOR Trap Men WR 593 REITZ Christian; GER FWR 211.0 YI Siling; CHN OR 125 DIAMOND Michael; AUS EWR 593 KIM Jun Hong; KOR FWRJ 208.3 SHI Mengyao; CHN WRJ 589 QUIQUAMPOIX Jean; FRA Double Trap Men FWR 35 MAZZETTI Riccardo; ITA 25m Pistol Women OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. EFWR 35 EKIMOV Leonid; RUS WR 594 IORGOVA Diana; BUL EFWR 35 KLIMOV Alexei; RUS EWR 594 ; CHN Skeet Men FWRJ 32 QUIQUAMPOIX Jean; FRA WRJ 593 SALUKVADZE Nino; URS OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y.

10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women WR 594 JIN Jongoh; KOR WR 393 SMIRNOVA Svetlana; RUS WRJ 588 EKIMOV Leonid; RUS WRJ 391 MLADENOVIC Marija; YUG OLYMPIC RECORD WOMEN EWRJ 588 GRUNDER Lukas; SUI FWR 203.8 SIDHU Heena; IND FWR 206.0 JIN Jongoh; KOR FWRJ 201.0 KORAKAKI Anna; GRE 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women FWRJ 202.8 KOROSTYLOV Pavlo; UKR OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. Trap Women FOR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. Trap Men WR 75 ROSSI Jessica; ITA WR 125 PELLIELO Giovanni; ITA EWR 75 COGDELL Corey; USA 10m Air Rifle Women EWR 125 YCONG Ray; USA WRJ 75 ROSSI Jessica; ITA OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. EWR 125 TITTARELLI Marcello; ITA FOR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. EWR 125 BADE Lance; USA Skeet Women EWR 125 GURKIN Pavel; RUS WR 75 BACOSI Diana; ITA 25m Pistol Women EWR 125 KOSTELECKY David; CZE EWR 75 JARMOLINSKA Aleksandra; POL OR 591 KIM Jangmi; KOR EWR 125 FABBRIZI Massimo; ITA EWR 75 CAINERO Chiara; ITA EWR 125 FABBRIZI Massimo; ITA WRJ 74 HILL Amber; GBR 10m Air Pistol Women EWR 125 DIAMOND Michael; AUS OR 391 PANERINA Natalia; RUS EWR 125 PELLIELO Giovanni; ITA Legend: FOR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. EWR 125 WALLACE Casey; USA WR - World Record EWR 125 BROL CARDENAS Jean Pierre; GUA EWR - Equalled World Record Trap Women WRJ 124 ALMUDHAF Khaled; KUW FWR - Finals World Record OR 75 ROSSI Jessica; ITA EWRJ 124 VINOGRADOV Ilya; RUS EFWR - Equalled Finals World Record WRJ - World Record Junior Skeet Women Double Trap Men EWRJ - Equalled World Record Junior OR ISSF Rule Change - n.e.y. WR 148 KNEALE Tim; GBR FWRJ - Finals World Record Junior WRJ 142 WILLETT James; AUS OR - Olympic Record EWRJ 142 GALESSO Andrea; ITA FOR - Finals Olympic Record n.e.y. - not established yet

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DATE MILESTONE

1 August 2014 until 31 March 2016 Quota places can be obtained in designated quota Qualifying Competitions 1 August 2014 until 31 March 2016 mQS results can be achieved in all ISSF and Continental Championships and in special designated competitions with MQS status 6 to 20 September 2014 51st ISSF World Shooting Championship in Granada, ESP 11 to 20 October 2014 CAT Championship of the Americas in , MEX 28 February to 10 March 2015 ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Acapulco, MEX 19 to 29 March 2015 ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Al Ain, UAE 8 to 16 April 2015 ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Changwon, KOR 24 April to 4 May 2015 ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Larnaca, CYP 12 to 21 May 2015 ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Fort Benning, USA 29 May to 5 June 2015 ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Munich, GER 12 to 28 June 2015 in , AZE 10 to 18 July 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, CAN 19 July to 2 August 2015 European Championship 25m/50m/300m/Shotgun in Maribor, SLO 6 to 16 August 2015 ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Gabala, AZE 9 to 18 September 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Lonato, ITA 15 October 2015 The Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of Invitation Places to NOCs 15 January 2016 IOC will contact all NOCs that are eligible to apply for Tripartite Commission Invitation Places In relation to end of qualification Deadline for NOCs to submit their requests for Tripartite period for each sport Commission Invitation Places 26 November to 4 December 2015 oceania Shooting Championship in Sydney, AUS 28 November to 6 December 2015 african Shooting Championship in , EGY 25 January to 3 February 2016 Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition, New Delhi, IND 22 to 28 February 2016 European Championship 10m in Gyoer, HUN

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CHAIKA Viktoria 25m Pistol Women ALG - Algeria 10m Air Pistol Women BOUAOUD Chafik 10m Air Rifle Men CHARHEIKA Illia 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men AND - Andorra 10m Air Rifle Men BARRUGUES ALVINA Esther 10m Air Rifle Women SHCHERBATSEVICH Yury 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men ANG - Angola 50m Rifle Prone Men DE LEIRIA E SILVA Joao Paulo Trap Men BOL - Bolivia ARG - Argentina GARCIA KRADOLFER Carina Ana 10m Air Rifle Women BORELLO Fernando Trap Men KNIJNENBURG Rudolf 50m Pistol Men FOURNEL Amelia Rosa 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women BRA - 10m Air Rifle Women ALMEIDA Julio 50m Pistol Men GIL Federico Skeet Men 10m Air Pistol Men GIL Melisa Skeet Women BUDAG Rosane Sibele 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women RUSSO Fernanda 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Rifle Women ARM - CARRARO Daniela Matarazzo Skeet Women BABAYAN Hrachik 10m Air Rifle Men DUARTE Emerson 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men AUS - PORTELLA Renato Skeet Men ADAMS Paul Skeet Men RIPPEL Cassio Cesar 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men BLACKBURN Blake 10m Air Pistol Men 50m Rifle Prone Men CHAPMAN David 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men SCHMITS Roberto Trap Men FERGUSON Keith Skeet Men TEIXEIRA Janice Trap Women GALIABOVITCH Elena 25m Pistol Women WU Felipe Almeida 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Men GODWARD Will 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men BRN - Bahrain HENS Jennifer 10m Air Rifle Women HAJI Mahmood 50m Rifle Prone Men ILES-CREVATIN Mitchell Trap Men BUL - JONES Aislin Skeet Women BONEVA Antoaneta 25m Pistol Women POTENT Warren 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Women REPACHOLI Daniel 50m Pistol Men DONKOV Samuil 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men ROSSITER Jack 10m Air Rifle Men RIZOV Anton 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men SAMPSON Dane 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 50m Rifle Prone Men 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Rifle Men CAN - SCANLAN Laetisha Trap Women KIEJKO Lynda 25m Pistol Women SKINNER Catherine Trap Women 10m Air Pistol Women VELLA Adam Trap Men MEYER Cynthia Trap Women WILLETT James Double Trap Men YAUHLEUSKAYA Lalita 25m Pistol Women CHI - 10m Air Pistol Women CROVETTO CHADID Francisca Skeet Women AUT - Austria CHN - People‘s Republic of China HOFMANN Olivia 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women CAO Yifei 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Rifle Men KUNTSCHIK Sebastian Skeet Men CHEN Fang Trap Women MATHIS Thomas 50m Rifle Prone Men CHEN Ying 25m Pistol Women RUMPLER Gernot 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Rifle Women SCHMIRL Alexander 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men GUO Wenjun 10m Air Pistol Women 50m Rifle Prone Men HU Binyuan Double Trap Men 10m Air Rifle Men HUI Zicheng 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men LI Yuehong 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men AZE - PAN Qiang Double Trap Men LUNEV Ruslan 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men PANG Wei 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men BAN - Bangladesh PU Qifeng 10m Air Pistol Men BAKI Abdullah Hel 10m Air Rifle Men WANG Zhiwei 50m Pistol Men BAR - Barbados WEI Meng Skeet Women MASKELL Michael Skeet Men WEI Ning Skeet Women BEL - Belgium YANG Haoran 10m Air Rifle Men MOTTET Maxime Trap Men YI Siling 10m Air Rifle Women BHU - Bhutan ZHANG Binbin 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women KUNZANG Lenchu 10m Air Rifle Women ZHANG Fusheng 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men ZHANG Jingjing 25m Pistol Women BIH - Bosnia and Herzegovina ZHANG Mengxue 10m Air Pistol Women DJEKANOVIC Tatjana 10m Air Rifle Women ZHAO Shengbo 50m Rifle Prone Men BLR - ZHU Qinan 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men BUBNOVICH Vitali 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Rifle Men

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COL - ESA - El Salvador CARO GUARNIERI Danilo Trap Men CASTRO Lilian 10m Air Pistol Women CRO - ESP - CERNOGORAZ Giovanni Trap Men CARRERA Pablo 50m Pistol Men GLASNOVIC Josip Trap Men 10m Air Pistol Men GORSA Petar 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men DIAZ Jorge 10m Air Rifle Men 50m Rifle Prone Men FERNANDEZ Alberto Trap Men 10m Air Rifle Men FRANQUET Sonia 25m Pistol Women GUSTIN Valentina 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Pistol Women MAROVIC Marija 10m Air Pistol Women GALVEZ Fatima Trap Women PEJCIC Snjezana 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women LLAMES Jorge 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women EST - PEREC Tanja 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women OLESK Peeter 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men CUB - Cuba FIJ - Fiji DE LA CRUZ Eglys Yahima 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women KABLE Glenn Trap Men 10m Air Rifle Women FIN - ESTPINAN Reinier 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men MAKELA-NUMMELA Satu Trap Women 50m Rifle Prone Men TORNROOS Vesa Trap Men 10m Air Rifle Men FRA - France GRAU POTRILLE Jorge 50m Pistol Men BRIZE Laurence 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Pistol Men DELAUNAY Eric Skeet Men MOLERIO QUINTANA Alexander 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men GOBERVILLE Celine 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Men GRAFF Cyril 50m Rifle Prone Men PEREZ Dianelys 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women LAMOLLE Mathilde 25m Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Women MONNIER Jeremy 50m Rifle Prone Men PUPO Leuris 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Men RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ Juan Miguel Skeet Men QUIQUAMPOIX Jean 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men CYP - RAYNAUD Alexis 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men CHASIKOS Andreas Skeet Men SAUVEPLANE Valerian 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men ELEFTHERIOU Andri Skeet Women 10m Air Rifle Men CZE - TERRAS Anthony Skeet Men BRUNS Adela 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women TIRODE Stephanie 25m Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Pistol Women JAHODOVA Libuse Skeet Women GBR - Great Britain KOSTELECKY David Trap Men ALLEN Elena Skeet Women MAZUROVA Nikola 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women HILL Amber Skeet Women 10m Air Rifle Women KNEALE Tim Double Trap Men NEPEJCHAL Filip 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men LING Edward Trap Men 50m Rifle Prone Men MCINTOSH Jennifer 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Rifle Women DEN - SCOTT Steven Double Trap Men GRIMMEL Torben 50m Rifle Prone Men GEO - HANSEN Jesper Skeet Men MACHAVARIANI Tsotne 50m Pistol Men NIELSEN Stine 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women SALUKVADZE Nino 25m Pistol Women DOM - Dominican Republic 10m Air Pistol Women LORENZO Eduardo Jose Trap Men GER - Germany ECU - Ecuador BECKMANN Jana Trap Women PEREZ PENA Andrea 25m Pistol Women BRODMEIER Daniel 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men EGY - 50m Rifle Prone Men ABDEL RAZEK Samy 50m Pistol Men BUCHHEIM Ralf Skeet Men 10m Air Pistol Men ENGLEDER Barbara 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women DARWISH Ahmed 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Rifle Women DONATO Franco Skeet Men GEIS Oliver 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men ELHODHOD Afaf 25m Pistol Women GSCHWANDTNER Selina 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Pistol Women JANKER Michael 10m Air Rifle Men HASHAD Shimaa 10m Air Rifle Women JUNGHAENEL Henri 50m Rifle Prone Men KAMAR Ahmed Trap Men JUSTUS Julian 10m Air Rifle Men MEHELBA Abdel Aziz Trap Men KARSCH Monika 25m Pistol Women MEHELBA Azmy Skeet Men 10m Air Pistol Women MEKHIMAR Hadir 10m Air Rifle Women LINK Andre 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men MOHAMED Ahmed 10m Air Pistol Men LOEW Andreas Double Trap Men SHABAN Ahmed 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men REITZ Christian 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men TALAT Hamada 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men ROESKEN Eva 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Rifle Men WENZEL Christine Skeet Women

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CAMPRIANI Niccolo 10m Air Rifle Men GRE - Greece DE NICOLO Marco 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men KORAKAKI Anna 25m Pistol Women 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Men MITAS Efthimios Skeet Men FABBRIZI Massimo Trap Men GUA - GIORDANO Giuseppe 50m Pistol Men BROL Enrique Double Trap Men 10m Air Pistol Men BROL Hebert Double Trap Men INNOCENTI Marco Double Trap Men HUN - LODDE Luigi Skeet Men CSONKA Zsofia 25m Pistol Women MAZZETTI Riccardo 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men EGRI Viktoria 10m Air Pistol Women PELLIELO Giovanni Trap Men MISKOLCZI Julianna 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women ROSSETTI Gabriele Skeet Men 10m Air Rifle Women ROSSI Jessica Trap Women PENI Istvan 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men ZUBLASING Petra 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Rifle Women SIDI Peter 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men JPN - 50m Rifle Prone Men AKIYAMA Teruyoshi 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Men ISHIHARA Naoko Skeet Women SZABIAN Norbert 50m Rifle Prone Men MATSUDA Tomoyuki 50m Pistol Men TATRAI Miklos 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men MORI Eita 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men TOBAI SIKE Renata 25m Pistol Women NAKAYAMA Yukie Trap Women 10m Air Pistol Women OKADA Naoya 10m Air Rifle Men IND - SATO Akiko 25m Pistol Women BINDRA Abhinav 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Pistol Women CHANDELA Apurvi 10m Air Rifle Women YAMASHITA Toshikazu 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men CHENAI Kynan Trap Men 50m Rifle Prone Men KHAN Mairaj Ahmad Skeet Men 10m Air Rifle Men NANJAPPA Prakash 50m Pistol Men KAZ - NARANG Gagan 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men DMITRIYENKO Mariya Trap Women 50m Rifle Prone Men ISSACHENKO Vladimir 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Pistol Men PAUL Ayonika 10m Air Rifle Women KOROL Yelizaveta 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women RAI Jitu 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Pistol Men YUNUSMETOV Rashid 50m Pistol Men SANDHU Manavjit Singh Trap Men 10m Air Pistol Men SIDHU Heena 25m Pistol Women YURKOV Yuriy 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 10m Air Pistol Women 50m Rifle Prone Men SINGH Chain 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 10m Air Rifle Men 50m Rifle Prone Men KOR - Republic of Korea SINGH Gurpreet 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men HAN Seungwoo 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men HWANG Seongeun 25m Pistol Women IOA - Independent Olympic Athlete JANG Geumyoung 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women AL FAIHAN Abdulrahman Trap Men JEONG Jigeun 10m Air Rifle Men ALAFASI Ahmad Double Trap Men JIN Jongoh 50m Pistol Men ALDEEHANI Fehaid Double Trap Men 10m Air Pistol Men ALMUDHAF Khaled Trap Men KANG Minsu 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men ALRASHIDI Abdullah Skeet Men KIM Eunhye 10m Air Rifle Women HABIB Saud Skeet Men KIM Hyeonjun 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men IRI - Islamic Republic of Iran 10m Air Rifle Men AHMADI Elaheh 10m Air Rifle Women KIM Jangmi 25m Pistol Women JAMBOZORG Mahlagha 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women KIM Jonghyun 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men KHEDMATI Najmeh 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Rifle Women KIM Junhong 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men NOROUZIYAN Pourya 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men KIM Minjung 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Men KWAK Junghye 10m Air Pistol Women SEBGHATOLLAHI Golnoush 25m Pistol Women KWON Juncheol 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Women LEE Daemyung 10m Air Pistol Men ISR - LEE Kyerim 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women RICHTER Sergey 50m Rifle Prone Men PARK Hae Mi 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Rifle Men KOS - Kosovo ITA - Italy RAMA Urata 10m Air Rifle Women BACOSI Diana Skeet Women KSA - Saudi Arabia BARILLA Antonino Double Trap Men ALANAZI Atallah 50m Pistol Men CAINERO Chiara Skeet Women 10m Air Pistol Men CAMPRIANI Niccolo 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men LAT - 50m Rifle Prone Men UPELNIEKS Dainis Skeet Men

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LIB - Lebanon BOGACKA Sylwia 10m Air Rifle Women BASSIL Ray Trap Women BRES Klaudia 25m Pistol Women LTU - 10m Air Pistol Women RACINSKAS Ronaldas Skeet Men DANILUK Piotr 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men MAR - Morocco 10m Air Pistol Men RAMAH Mohamed Trap Men JARMOLINSKA Aleksandra Skeet Women Double Trap Men NAGAY Agnieszka 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women MAS - 10m Air Rifle Women WONG Guanjie Johnathan 50m Pistol Men POR - 10m Air Pistol Men COSTA Joao 50m Pistol Men MEX - Mexico 10m Air Pistol Men ZAVALA VAZQUEZ Alejandra 10m Air Pistol Women PRK - Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea ZUMAYA FLORES Goretti Alejandra 10m Air Rifle Women JO Yong Suk 25m Pistol Women MGL - 10m Air Pistol Women GANKHUYAG Nandinzaya 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women KIM Jong Su 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Pistol Men OTRYAD Gundegmaa 25m Pistol Women KIM Song Guk 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Men TSOGBADRAKH Munkhzul 25m Pistol Women PAK Yong Hui Trap Women 10m Air Pistol Women PUR - Puerto Rico MKD - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MERCADO MARTINEZ Yarimar 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women BALABAN Nina 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Rifle Women MLT - Malta QAT - BEZZINA Eleanor 25m Pistol Women AL-ATTIYA Nasser Skeet Men 10m Air Pistol Women HAMAD Rashid Skeet Men CHETCUTI William Double Trap Men ROU - Romania MYA - Myanmar MOLDOVEANU Alin George 10m Air Rifle Men NAUNG Ye Tun 50m Pistol Men RUS - Russian Federation 10m Air Pistol Men ALIPOV Alexey Trap Men NAM - Namibia ASTAKHOV Anton Skeet Men AHRENS Gaby Diana Trap Women BARSUK Tatiana Trap Women NCA - Nicaragua BATSARASHKINA Vitalina 25m Pistol Women LACAYO PALADINO Rafael Antonio 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women FOKEEV Vitaly Double Trap Men NOR - GONTCHAROV Vladimir 50m Pistol Men BREKNE Odd Arne 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 10m Air Pistol Men 50m Rifle Prone Men GRIGORYAN Kirill 50m Rifle Prone Men BRYHN Ole Kristian 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men ISAKOV Vladimir 10m Air Pistol Men 50m Rifle Prone Men KAMENSKIY Sergey 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 10m Air Rifle Men 50m Rifle Prone Men HANSEN Are 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Rifle Men WESTERHEIM Malin 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women KLIMOV Alexei 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women KORSHUNOVA Ekaterina 25m Pistol Women NZL - New Zealand 10m Air Pistol Women ROONEY Natalie Trap Women KOULAKOV Denis 50m Pistol Men TAYLOR Ryan 50m Rifle Prone Men MASLENNIKOV Vladimir 10m Air Rifle Men TIPPLE Chloe Skeet Women MOSIN Vasily Double Trap Men OMA - Oman RABAYA Ekaterina Trap Women AL BALUSHI Wadha 10m Air Pistol Women SHAKIROVA Albina Skeet Women ALKHATRI Hamed Said 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men VDOVINA Daria 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women PAK - Pakistan 10m Air Rifle Women BASHIR Ghulam Mustafa 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men VLASOV Fedor 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men SOHAIL Minhal 10m Air Rifle Women SIN - Singapore PAN - Panama SER Xiang Wei Jasmine 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women MUNOZ HIDALGO David 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Pistol Men TEO Shun Xie 25m Pistol Women PAR - Paraguay 10m Air Pistol Women REICHARDT Paulo Bernardo Double Trap Men SLO - Slovenia PER - Peru DVORSAK Ziva 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women BOZA Francisco Trap Men 10m Air Rifle Women CARRILLO Marko 50m Pistol Men MACEK Bostjan Trap Men 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men SMR - 10m Air Pistol Men PERILLI Alessandra Trap Women POL - PERILLI Arianna Trap Women BOGACKA Sylwia 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women SELVA Stefano Trap Men

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KEBAPCI Erdinc Trap Men SRB - KELES Ismail 50m Pistol Men ANDUSIC MAKSIMOVIC Ivana 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women ARSOVIC Andrea 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women UAE - 10m Air Rifle Women ALKAABI Khaled Double Trap Men ARUNOVIC Zorana 25m Pistol Women ALMAKTOUM Saeed Skeet Men 10m Air Pistol Women BIN FUTTAIS Saif Skeet Men GRGIC Dimitrije 50m Pistol Men UKR - 10m Air Pistol Men BONDARUK Roman 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men MIKEC Damir 50m Pistol Men KALNYSH Natallia 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Women PLETIKOSIC Stevan 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men KOROSTYLOV Pavlo 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Men SEBIC Milenko 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men KOSTEVYCH Olena 25m Pistol Women 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Men KULISH Serhiy 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men STEFANOVIC Milutin 10m Air Rifle Men 50m Rifle Prone Men VELICKOVIC Bobana 25m Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Pistol Women MILCHEV Mikola Skeet Men SRI - Sri Lanka OMELCHUK Oleh 50m Pistol Men SAMARAKOON Mangala 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Rifle Men TSARKOV Oleh 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 50m Rifle Prone Men SUI - Switzerland 10m Air Rifle Men CHRISTEN Nina 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 10m Air Rifle Women USA - United States of America DIETHELM GERBER Heidi 25m Pistol Women BROWN Will 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Men HORNUNG Sarah 10m Air Rifle Women COGDELL Corey Trap Women LOCHBIHLER Jan 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men CRAFT Morgan Skeet Women 50m Rifle Prone Men ELLER Walton Double Trap Men EMMONS Matthew 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men SVK - Slovakia HANCOCK Vincent Skeet Men BARTEKOVA Danka Skeet Women HIGGINS David 50m Rifle Prone Men KOPP Pavol 50m Pistol Men KOZENIESKY Lucas 10m Air Rifle Men 10m Air Pistol Men LOWE Daniel 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men KOVACOCY Marian Trap Men 10m Air Rifle Men TUZINSKY Juraj 50m Pistol Men MCPHAIL Michael 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Men MILEV Emil 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men VARGA Erik Trap Men PATERSON Lydia 10m Air Pistol Women SWE - RHODE Kimberly Skeet Women DAHLBY Hakan Double Trap Men RICHMOND Joshua Double Trap Men NILSSON Stefan Skeet Men SANDERSON Keith 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men SVENSSON Marcus Skeet Men SCHERER Sarah 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women THA - 10m Air Rifle Women JIEWCHALOEMMIT Sutiya Skeet Women SHEHAJ BEKURTI Enkelejda 25m Pistol Women KLAISUBAN Pim-On 25m Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Women SHI Jay 50m Pistol Men PRUCKSAKORN Tanyaporn 25m Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women THOMPSON Frank Skeet Men TORTUNGPANICH Napis 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men THRASHER Virginia 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Rifle Women 10m Air Rifle Men UZB - Uzbekistan UEA-AREE Attapon 50m Rifle Prone Men SKOROVAROV Vadim 10m Air Rifle Men TPE - VEN - Venezuela LIN Yi Chun Trap Women IEMMA HERNANDEZ Julio Cesar 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men WU Chia Ying 25m Pistol Women 50m Rifle Prone Men 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Rifle Men YANG Kun-Pi Trap Men VIE - Vietnam YU Ai Wen 25m Pistol Women HOANG Xuan Vinh 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Men TUN - Tunisia TRAN Quoc Cuong 50m Pistol Men CHARNI Olfa 25m Pistol Women 10m Air Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Women ZIM - Zimbabwe TUR - NICHOLSON Michael Sean James Double Trap Men DIKEC Yusuf 50m Pistol Men 10m Air Pistol Men ILNAM Yavuz Trap Men

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THE SHOOTING sport QUOTA SYSTEM 1988 – 2016 Participating Athletes

Olympic Games Participants athletes events Men Women Total Africa America Asia Europe Oceania

1988 (KOR) 13 285 111 396 5 62 77 236 16 1992 Barcelona (ESP) 13 290 117 407 9 62 75 251 10 1996 Atlanta (USA) 15 294 125 419 7 63 86 245 18 2000 Sydney (AUS) 17 262 146 408 13 71 85 209 30 2004 Athens (GRE) 17 253 137 390 8 54 102 202 24 2008 Beijing (CHN) 15 245 145 390 12 52 100 204 22 2012 London (GBR) 15 231 159 390 12 48 99 212 19 2016 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 15 239 151 390 18 62 113 175 22

THE MULTI-MEDALISTs Top 5 Multi-Medalists Men (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Discipline

1 JIN Jongoh KOR 2004;2008;2012 3 2 5 pistol 1 schumann Ralf GER/GDR 1988;1992;1996;2004;2008 3 2 5 pistol 3 CHN 1984;1992;1996;2000;2004 2 3 1 6 pistol 4 linnosvuo Pentti Tapio Aleksi fin 1956;1960;1964 2 1 3 pistol 4 wigger Lones USA 1964;1972 2 1 3 rifle

Top 10 Multi-Medalists Women (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Discipline

1 RHODE Kimberly usa 1996;2000;2004;2008;2012 3 1 1 5 shotgun 2 LOGVINENKO Marina rus/EUN/URS 1988;1992;1996 2 1 2 5 pistol 3 GROZDEVA Maria BUL 1992;1996;2000;2004 2 3 5 pistol 4 MAUER Renata POL 1996;2000 2 1 3 rifle 5 du Li CHN 2004;2008 2 2 rifle 5 guo Wenjun CHN 2008;2012 2 2 pistol 7 SEKARIC Jasna SCG/YUG/IOP 1988;1992;2000;2004 1 3 1 5 pistol 8 galkina Lioubov RUS 2004;2008 1 2 3 rifle 9 EMMONS Katerina cZE 2004;2008 1 1 1 3 rifle 9 SALUKVADZE Nino geo/URS 1988;2008 1 1 1 3 pistol

Top 6 Multi-Medalists Rifle Men (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 wigger Lones USA 1964;1972 2 1 3 2 anderson Gary USA 1964;1968 2 2 2 BOGDANOV Anatoli urs 1952;1956 2 2 2 colas Paul Rene FRA 1912 2 2 2 cooper Malcolm GBR 1984;1988 2 2 2 fisher Morris USA 1920;1924 2 2

36 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide THE MULTI-MEDALISTs Top 5 Multi-Medalists Rifle Women (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 mauer Renata POL 1996;2000 2 1 3 2 du Li CHN 2004;2008 2 2 3 galkina Lioubov RUS 2004;2008 1 2 3 4 emmons Katerina CZE 2004;2008 1 1 1 3 5 sperBER Silvia FRG 1988 1 1 2

Top 6 Multi-Medalists Pistol Men (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 JIN Jongoh KOR 2004;2008;2012 3 2 5 1 schumann Ralf GER/GDR 1988;1992;1996;2004;2008 3 2 5 3 wang Yifu CHN 1984;1992;1996;2000;2004 2 3 1 6 4 linnosvuo Pentti Tapio Aleksi FIN 1956;1960;1964 2 1 3 5 kiriakov Tanyu BUL 1988;1996;2000 2 1 3 5 lane Alfred P USA 1912;1920 2 1 3

Top 5 Multi-Medalists Pistol Women (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 logvinenko Marina rus/EUN/URS 1988;1992;1996 2 1 2 5 2 groZDEVA Maria BUL 1992;1996;2000;2004 2 3 5 3 guo Wenjun CHN 2008;2012 2 2 4 sekaric Jasna SCG/YUG/IOP 1988;1992;2000;2004 1 3 1 5 5 salukvadZE Nino GEO/URS 1988;2008 1 1 1 3

Top 6 Multi-Medalists Shotgun Men (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 diamond Michael AUS 1996;2000 2 2 1 giovannetti Luciano ita 1980;1984 2 2 1 hancock Vincent USA 2008;2012 2 2 4 mark Russell AUS 1996;2000 1 1 2 4 petrov Evgeni URS 1968;1972 1 1 2 4 rossini Galliano ITA 1956;1960 1 1 2

Top 3 Multi-Medalists Shotgun Women (individual only)

Rank NAME NOC Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 rhode Kimberly USA 1996;2000;2004;2008;2012 3 1 1 5 2 igaly Diana HUN 2000;2004 1 1 2 2 meftakhetdinova Zemfira aZE 2000;2004 1 1 2

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THE MULTI-PARTICIPATION Top 6 - Multi-Participation Men at the Olympic Games

Tot Name NOC Participation at the Games in... Discipline

9 KUZMINS Afanasijs lat/URS 1976 1980 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 pistol 8 DEBEVEC Rajmond slo/YUG 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 rifle 7 BOZA Francisco per 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 shotgun 7 LAFORTUNE Francois J.M.G. BEL 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 rifle 7 SCHUMANN Ralf ger/GDR 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 pistol 7 SKANAKER Ragnar swe 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 pistol

Top 8 Multi-Participation Women at the Olympic Games

Tot Name NOC Participation at the Games in... Discipline

7 SALUKVADZE Nino geo/EUN/URS 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 pistol 7 SEKARIC Jasna srB/SCG/YUG/IOP 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 pistol 6 DORJSUREN Munkhbayar GER/MGL 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 pistol 6 GROZDEVA Maria BUL 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 pistol 6 KASSOUMI Agathi gre 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 pistol 6 MATOVA Nonka BUL 1976 1980 1988 1992 1996 2000 rifle 6 NATTRASS Susan can 1976 1988 1992 2000 2004 2008 shotgun 6 PASETTI Fabienne mon 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 rifle

THE MEDAL STANDINGS Top 10 Medal Standings Olympic Events by NOC 1896-2012

Rank Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 USA - United States of America 1896-2012 53 29 25 107 2 CHN - People’s Republic of China 1984-2012 21 13 15 49 3 URS - 1952-1988 17 15 17 49 4 SWE - Sweden 1908-2012 15 23 18 56 5 GBR - Great Britain 1908-2012 13 15 16 44 6 NOR - Norway 1900-2008 13 8 11 32 7 ITA - Italy 1932-2012 12 12 11 35 8 FRA - France 1900-2012 9 13 9 31 9 RUS - Russian Federation 1996-2012 7 11 9 27 10 ger - Germany 1912-2008 7 8 5 20

Top 10 Medal Standings Olympic Events by NOC individual 1896-2012

Rank Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 USA - United States of America 1896-2012 38 27 21 86 2 CHN - People’s Republic of China 1984-2012 21 13 15 49 3 URS - Soviet Union 1952-1988 17 15 17 49 4 ITA - Italy 1932-2012 12 12 11 35 5 SWE - Sweden 1908-2012 10 15 13 38 6 GBR - Great Britain 1908-2012 9 10 12 31 7 FRA - France 1900-2012 9 10 6 25 8 NOR - Norway 1900-2008 9 3 10 22 9 RUS - Russian Federation 1996-2012 7 11 9 27 10 ger - Germany 1912-2008 7 8 4 19

38 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide THE medal standings Top 10 Medal Standings Olympic Events by NOC Rifle individual

Rank Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 usa - United States of America 1908-2012 18 17 9 44 2 chn - People’s Republic of China 1984-2012 8 2 4 14 3 urs - Soviet Union 1952-1988 6 7 8 21 4 gBR - Great Britain 1908-1988 6 5 8 19 5 fra - France 1900-1996 6 4 1 11 6 nor - Norway 1900-2000 4 2 7 13 7 swe - Sweden 1912-2000 4 2 4 10 8 sui - Switzerland 1900-1984 3 4 3 10 9 frg - Federal Republic of Germany 1968-1988 3 3 2 8 10 hun - Hungary 1912-1988 3 2 4 9

Top 10 Medal Standings Olympic Events by NOC Pistol individual

Rank Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 chn - People’s Republic of China 1984-2012 9 7 4 20 2 usa - United States of America 1896-2008 8 6 4 18 3 urs - Soviet Union 1956-1988 5 4 5 14 4 rus - Russian Federation 1996-2008 4 4 4 12 5 ger - Germany 1932-2008 4 4 2 10 6 kor - Republic of Korea 2004-2012 4 3 7 7 BUL - Bulgaria 1980-2004 4 2 5 11 8 rom - Romania 1952-2000 3 4 4 11 9 fin - Finland 1924-1984 3 1 2 6 10 eun - Unified team of former Soviet Union 1992 3 1 1 5

Top 10 Medal Standings Olympic Events by NOC Shotgun individual

Rank Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 usa - United States of America 1912-2012 10 4 8 22 2 ita - Italy 1956-2012 9 8 8 25 3 aus - Australia 1996-2004 4 1 2 7 4 gBR - Great Britain 1908-2012 3 1 1 5 5 urs - Soviet Union 1960-1988 2 3 1 6 6 can - Canada 1908-1952 2 1 3 6 tch - 1976-1992 2 1 3 8 hun - Hungary 1924-2004 2 1 3 9 fra - France 1900-2012 1 3 3 7 10 swe - Sweden 1952-2012 1 3 1 5 Photo: Michael Schreiber

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Families affairs Fathers and sons Shooting Sport is often a family tradition, which is passed 1908 - Oscar Gomer Swahn and his son Alfred Gomer of forward to the next generations. And often sharing the ex- Sweden won 15 Olympic medals between the two of them perience of international competitions all over the world (including individual and team events), between 1908 and forms family bounds. There is indeed a history of family 1924. members competing together at the Olympic Games. In 1956 – Albert Sigl and his son Rudolf, competing for the the centenary history of the sport we witnessed fathers and United team of Germany, participated together in Rifle sons, fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, brothers events at the 1956 Olympic Games in . and sisters. 2012 - Abdullah Alrashidi of competed in the Skeet Men event and his son Talal Alrashidi in the Trap Men event. But Rio 2016 will see something special: for the first time at the Olympic Games, there will be a mother and son couple competing. The Georgian Olympic Committee confirmed Father and daughter indeed that Pistol shooter will com- 2012 – Cyprus’ Antonakis Andreou and his daughter Pa- pete at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She’s one of the greatest nagiota competed in the Skeet Men and Women events at female shooters of the last decades: Rio will be her 8th the London 2012 Games. Olympic participation, as she started in 1988 competing with the Soviet Union team, and continued from 1996 under the Georgian flag, winning three medals including a 25m Husbands and Wives Pistol Women Gold in 1988. In Rio, Salukvadze will be com- 1984 – Rifle shooters Malcolm and Sarah Cooper from peting alongside her son, Tsotne Machavariani, also a pis- Great Britain were at both the 1984 and at the 1988 Olym- tol shooter who has made his first Olympic team: it’s going pics together. Malcolm won the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men to be the first time in the Olympic history. But that’s not the title with a new Olympic record at both Games. only family we will see at the XXXI Olympic Games. Federi- 1988 – People’s Republic of China’s two-time Olympic co and Melissa Gil, brother and sister, will be competing champion Wang Yifu (pistol) and his wife Zhang Qiuping in the Skeet event there. San Marino’s sisters Alessandra (rifle) participated together in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 and Arianna Perilli will shoot neck and neck in the women’s Olympic Games. Trap event, trying to clinch the first for one 2000 – Alexey and Yuliya Alipov of Russia shot together at of the smallest countries of the world. Enrique and Herbert the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Alexey is a Trap shoo- Brol, two brothers from Guatemala, will fly to Rio together, ter and Yuliya shot pistol. competing in the Double Trap and Trap Men events. 2000 – Eugeni Alenikov and his wife Lioubov Galkina from So, let’s recap the Shooting sport families in the history of the the Russian Federation won four rifle Olympic medals bet- Olympics. ween 2000 and 2008. 2004 – Matthew and Katerina Emmons met at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. After the Games, they got mar- Brothers and sisters ried, and participated together in the 2008 and 2012 Olym- 1896 – Two brothers, John Bryant and Sumner Paint of pics. USA, won Gold and Silver in the same event (25m Army 2008 – Tino and Christine Wenzel of Germany participate Pistol) at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. Sumner also won together in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. They booth the 50m Pistol Men event: they were the first brothers to win shot Skeet. two Olympic titles within the same Olympic edition. 2012 – Russel and Lauryn Mark of Australia participated 1912 – Germany’s Alfred Goeldel shot in team with his together in the London 2012 Olympics. brother Horst at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, they won Silver and a Bronze medal. 1924 – The Swedish twin brothers Wilhelm and Eric Carl- berg secured 12 Olympic medals in rifle and pistol events between 1908 and 1924. 1984 – The Swedish twin sister Chrisina and Margareta Gustafsson participated at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games in Rifle events.

40 RIO 2016 ISSF Media Guide Youngest/Oldest Medalists 1948 – Karoly Takacs (HUN) had been a top shooter be- since 1896 fore the second world war, and had been a member of the Hungarian team that won the world team title in 1939. He Men was on the national team from 1929 through 1938 as a Youngest gold and medal winner: LUKASHYK Kan- right-handed shooter. But in September 1938, during army stantsin (EUN- Unified team of former Soviet Union) maneuvers, a grenade blew off his right hand. He taught He was 16 years and 312 days old at the Barcelona Olym- himself to shoot left-handed and was good enough by pic Games 1992 when he won his Gold medal in 50m Pistol 1939 to re-make the national team. He won two 25m Rapid Men event. Fire Pistol Olympic Gold medals in London 1948 (setting a Oldest gold medal winner MILNER Jerry Kearney world and an Olympic record of 580 points) and four years (GBR) later in 1952. He was 61 years and 4 days old when he won at the Lon- 1988 - Nino Salukvadze of Georgia won her first Olympic don Olympic Games 1908 his Gold medal in 1000 yards medal – a women’s 25m Pistol Gold – at the 1988 Olym- Rifle Prone event. pic Games in Seoul competing for the URS team. Twenty Oldest medal winner (team) BUTT John Hurst (GBR) years later, competing under the Georgian flag, she won He was 61 years and 244 days old at the Stockholm Olym- a women’s 10 Air Pistol Bronze medal at Beijing 2008. Sa- pic Games 1912 when he won with his team the Silver me- lukvadze is still competing in Rio 2016, along with her son dal in Trap Men event. Tsotne Machavariani. 1992 – Marina Logvinenko (EUN) won two gold medals in two different women events – the 10m Air Pistol and the Women 25m Pistol – at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Youngest gold and medal winner RHODE Kimberly (USA) She was 17 years and 8 days old at the Atlanta Olympic Interesting Olympic Games 1996 when she won her Gold medal in Double Trap facts - Rifle Shooting Women event. 1896 - Alexander Viggo Jensen Rowing (DEN) was an all- Oldest gold medal winner THOM Linda (CAN) around athlete who competed dour different sports at the She was 40 years and 212 days old at the Los Angeles 1896 Olympic Games in Athens. He competed in Shooting Olympic Games 1984 when she won her Gold Medal in (Bronze medal), Athletics (4th place), Weightlifting (Gold 25m Pistol Women event. and Silver) and Gymnastic (4th place). Oldest medal winner DENCH Patricia (AUS) 1908 – Paul Van Asbroeck of Belgium was one of the lea- She was 52 years and 43 days old at the Los Angeles ding free pistol shooters of the early 20th century. He won Games 1984 when she won her Bronze medal in 25m Pis- the 1908 Olympic Free Pistol title, while taking silver in the tol Women event. team competition. The Belgian athlete was also an outstan- ding rifle shooter, who had claimed a Bronze medal in the 3 Positions Rifle event at the 1900 Olympic Games. Compe- Interesting Olympic ting in multiple disciplines was common at that time: a total facts - Pistol Shooting of 33 Rifle shooters from 9 countries won Olympic medals 1896 - Pierre de Frédy Baron de Coubertin, the founder in other disciplines between 1896 and 1924. of the Modern Olympics, was himself a successful pistol 1920 – Not only cross-discipline was popular at the begin- shooter, and stood atop of the podium at seven French ning of the 20th century: cross-sport Olympic participation championships. was also an option. Finland’s Magnus Karl Wegelius won 1896 - Holger Louis Nielsen of Denmark won three medals four different team shooting medals between the 1920 and in two sports at the 1896 Olympic Games held in Athens: a the 1924 Olympic Games, competing in three different dis- 50m Pistol Men Silver, a 25m Rapid Fire Men Bronze, and a ciplines (Rifle, Running Deer, Shotgun). He was not new to Fencing Bronze medal in the Men’s Sabre. the Olympic podium: in 1908 he had won a Bronze medal in 1912 - Patrik Georg Fabian De Laval of Sweden won two Gymnastics. His teammate Veli Heikki Nieminen, who had medals in two sports at the 1912 Olympic Games held in finished on the 1908’s Gymnastic podium along with him, Stockholm: a team’s 50m Pistol Men Silver, and an indivi- won a team’s Bronze medal in the 300m Army Rifle prone dual Bronze in Modern Pentathlon. event in 1920.

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1920 – Lee Willis Augustus Jun. of USA won 5 Shooting 1968 – The Skeet event was added to the Olympic pro- sport team Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal within the gram at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. same Olympic edition, at 1920. 1992 – Female shooter Zhang Shan of the People’s Repu- 1924 – USA’s Carl Townsend Osburn stands as the most blic of China won the Skeet Men event at the 1992 Olympic successful Olympic shooter of all times. Participating in Games in Barcelona with a perfect and unbeatable score three Olympic editions (1912, 1920, 1924) he won a total of of 200 his out of 200 targets. The event was open at that 11 medals, including individual and team. time, and she beat the best male shooters of the world to 1956 – Two shooters shared one rifle and made it to the po- seal an historical victory: she was indeed the only women dium together, at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Canada’s to have ever won an open shooting event at the Olympics. Gerald Ouellette was a successful 50m Rifle Prone Men The Skeet Women event was added to the Olympic pro- shooter. One of his main competitors was his teammate, gram in 2000. Gilmour Stuart Boa, who had won the 1954 World Champi- 1992 – Italy’s Bruno Rossetti wins the Skeet Bronze medal onships in that event. During the practice in Melbourne, Ou- at the 1992 Olympic Games. Nowadays, he is the coach ellette was unhappy with his rifle, and he and Boa decided of France’s top-ranked Skeet shooter Anthony Terras, the to share the same rifle. This meant that they had to shoot 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist. Terras will compete in Rio very quickly as there was a time limit to fire the required 60 2016, but it will be a difficult time for Rossetti. Indeed, his shots. Boa shot first and scored 598 out of 600, dropping a son Gabriele – ranked second in the world - will compete point in his first and last shots. He was bettered by Vassily against Terras, representing Italy in the same event. Borisov (URS), who recorded a 599. With little time to spare, 1996 – The Double Trap event was added to the Olympic Ouellette fired off his 60 shots, almost in rapid-fire fashion, program at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. and scored a perfect 600 to finish atop of the podium. Boa 2012- USA’s Kimberly Rhode becomes the only shooter won Bronze. to win five medals out of five different Olympic editions. In 1976 – USA’s Margaret Murdock (maiden name: Thomp- 1996, 2000 and 2004 she had made it to the Double Trap son) won Silver at the 1976 Games in the 50m Women Olympic podium. When the event was discontinu- Rifle 3 Position Men event – which was opened to women ed after Athens 2004, she switched to , win- – with the same score of the winner, her teammate Lanny ning a Bronze in Beijing’s 2008 and the title in London 2012. Bassham, 1162 points. The tie was broken by count-back Rhode is competing in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where rule: in the last series of 10 shots, Bassham had scored two she is chasing her fourth Olympic title. points more than Murdock. 2012 – USA’s Vincent Hancock wins his second Skeet 2008 – The Emmons family secured three medals within Men Olympic title back to back. Hancock – who had won the same Olympic editions. Katerina Emmons (maiden his first senior world championship in 2005 when he was name: Kurkova), shooting for the Czech Republic, won the only 16-year old – will be in the spotlights in Rio, where he 10m Air Rifle Women Gold and the 50m Rifle 3 Positions has the chance to become the most titled male shotgun Women Silver, while her husband Matthew Emmons (USA) shooter of the ISSF history. pocketed the 50m Rifle Prone Men Silver. Between Athens 2012 – Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiya wins the Skeet Men Bronze 2004 and London 2012, the two collected six individual medal in London. But shooting is not his main sport. Al-At- Olympic medals. tiya is indeed a talented driver, and the winner of two Dakar rallies. He qualified for London 2012 at the very last moment by winning the 2012 Asian Championship in with a Interesting Olympic record score of 150 hits. To participate in the championship facts - Shotgun Shooting – his last chance to qualify for the Games – he left South 1900 – Clay shooting has been added to the Olympic pro- America amid of the Dakar rally. To be able to withdraw the gram since Paris 1900, with the Trap Men event. Roger De race without being penalized, he blew the engine on purpo- Barbarin, Rene Guyot and Justinien De Clary won Gold, se, flew back to Qatar, and sealed the Asian title, all within Silver and Bronze, clinching an all-French podium on their four days. Rio 2016 will be his sixth Olympic participation home turf. in a row.

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