2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot

46°49′26″N 1°45′26″E / 46.8238°N 1.7572°E / 46.8238; 1.7572

2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
Logo of the 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
VenueNational Shooting Center, Châteauroux
DatesOpening Ceremony: 27. August
Main Match: 28. August - 2. September
Shoot-Off: 3. September
Awards: 3. September
Competitors1506[1] from 76 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each area being named after and having themes from one of the 5 continents Africa, Asia, America, Australia or Europe.[2]

The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner Ben Stoeger from USA finishing under half a point in front of Russian shooter Pavel Torgashov, pushing him down into second place with the very close final score of 99.98 %. Production division arguably had the toughest top ten competition, with a margin of only 3.8 % between first and ninth place. Maria Gushchina from Russia made an impressive performance placing both first in Lady Production and sixth in Production Overall.

Match info edit

The match was very varied with many moving targets, and some stages had targets placed at distances up to 50 meters. The French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel mada an appearance showing support for the French Standard division shooter Eric Grauffel.[3]

Champions edit

Open edit

The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors (27 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
  Gold   Jorge Ballesteros 2292.6920 100.00%
  Silver   Simon Racaza 2258.4526 98.51%
  Bronze   Emile Obriot 2235.9699 97.53%
4th   Jaime Roberto Maia Saldanha Junior 2212.1884 96.49%
5th   KC Eusebio 2205.8379 96.21%
6th   Max Michel 2195.1046 95.74%
7th   Brodie McIntosh 2189.7488 95.51%
8th   Edcel John Gino 2186.5513 95.37%
9th   Saul Kirsch 2160.1327 94.22%
10th   Cosimo Panetta 2106.5474 91.88%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Karla Blowers 1853.2722 80.83% 100.00%
  Silver   Jessie Duff 1824.5493 79.58% 98.45%
  Bronze   Kaci Lynn Cochran 1797.8368 78.42% 97.01%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Mauro Kenji Murakami 1626.4381 70.94% 100.00%
  Silver   Clement Caesar Ho 1515.9715 66.12% 93.21%
  Bronze   Dangdee Hongdalud 1456.6312 63.53% 89.56%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Frank Witters 1930.4595 84.20% 100.00%
  Silver   Jose Zanon Blasco 1877.1794 81.88% 97.24%
  Bronze   Daniele Barbizzi 1851.2000 80.74% 95.89%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Thierry Obriot 1743.5679 76.05% 100.00%
  Silver   Wat Srijinta-Angkul 1616.6611 70.51% 92.72%
  Bronze   Philippe Gibert 1585.0496 69.13% 90.91%
Teams Open
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 6381.7162 100.00% Max Michel, Chris Tilley, Shannon Smith, William Drummond
  Silver   Australia 6237.1700 97.73% Brodie McIntosh, Rhys Arthur, David McConachie, Gareth Graham
  Bronze   Spain 6215.0775 97.39% Jorge Ballesteros, Ivan Espilez Urbon, Javier Gonzalez Perez, Jose Zanon Blasco
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 5318.7200 100.00% Jessie Duff, Kaci Lynn Cochran, Sloan Sanders, Lisa Munson
  Silver   Australia 5148.8697 96.81% Karla Blowers, Natalie Anderson, Linda Blowers
  Bronze   South Africa 4397.9664 82.69% Alexis Biermann, Kirsty Bohler, Susan Kriel, Ets Van Den Berg
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   Italy 5347.7081 100.00% Daniele Barbizzi, Paolo Ravizzini, Giuseppe Todaro, Salvatore Luigi Garau
  Silver   United States 5085.1089 95.09% Steven Thomas, Kerry Pearson, Leighton Oosthuisen, Michael Voigt
  Bronze   France 5071.1239 94.83% Thierry Obriot, Patrice Martin, Jean Luc Desagneaux, Bruno Grasso

Standard edit

The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors (25.2 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
  Gold   Eric Grauffel 2336.5047 100.00%
  Silver   Robert Vogel 2274.2809 97.34%
  Bronze   Nils Jonasson 2233.6302 95.60%
4th   Shane Coley 2156.8738 92.31%
5th   Edward Rivera 2156.2811 92.29%
6th   Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz 2132.4514 91.27%
7th   Kahlil Adrian Viray 2100.7726 89.91%
8th   Bolzoni, Giacomo 2095.9794 89.71%
9th   Djajadiningrat, Vincentius 2094.9076 89.66%
10th   Joseph Jr Bernabe 2070.4669 88.61%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Christine Burkhalter 1683.3174 72.04% 100.00%
  Silver   Ashley Rheuark 1623.8095 69.50% 96.46%
  Bronze   Hilde Nakling 1603.7359 68.64% 95.27%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Kahlil Adrian Viray 2100.7726 89.91% 100.00%
  Silver   Rolly Nathaniel Tecson 2020.9968 86.50% 96.20%
  Bronze   Mario Batista Neto 1711.4648 73.25% 81.47%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Emanuel Bragg 2056.1766 88.00% 100.00%
  Silver   Reinhard Handl 1880.0447 80.46% 91.43%
  Bronze   Adriano Ciro Santarcangelo 1839.4971 78.73% 89.46%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Esterino Magli 1653.0679 70.75% 100.00%
  Silver   Lucimar Domingues Oliveira 1628.5223 69.70% 98.52%
  Bronze   Israelito Pible 1521.2420 65.11% 92.03%
Teams Standard
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 6499.8175 100.00% Robert Vogel, Shane Coley, Blake Miguez, Emanuel Bragg
  Silver   Philippines 6327.5206 97.35% Edward Rivera, Kahlil Adrian Viray, Joseph Jr Bernabe, John Paul Santiaguel
  Bronze   France 6121.7117 94.18% Eric Grauffel, Louis Guichard, Julien Boit, Jerome Poiret
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   Russia 3921.9005 100.00% Elena Efimova, Anastasia Chernenko, Tatiana Makarova, Marina Zagulyaeva
  Silver   Norway 3894.3731 99.30% Hilde Nakling, Ingunn Marie Edvardsen, Tone Tsigakis Ostreng, Eirin Grotan Kirknes
  Bronze   Germany 3603.5867 91.88% Petra Tutschke, Sabine Wurster, Rita Burkhart, Frauke Mansion
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   Italy 5203.2598 100.00% Leonardo Bettoni, Paolo Paoletti, Mauro D'alessandro, Fabrizio Pesce
  Silver   Austria 4981.9162 95.75% Reinhard Handl, Gottfried Post, Thomas Birner, Hubert Muehlbacher
  Bronze   Russia 4765.5773 91.59% Ilya Gubin, Evgeny Petrushin, Evgeny Efimov, Vasil Kurbatskikh

Production edit

The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors (32.3 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
  Gold   Ben Stoeger 2192.6068 100.00%
  Silver   Pavel Torgashov 2192.1999 99.98%
  Bronze   Eduardo de Cobos 2171.0655 99.02%
4th   Ljubisa Momcilovic 2168.9336 98.92%
5th   Salvador Luna 2153.9707 98.24%
6th   Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23%
7th   Robin Sebo 2139.5718 97.58%
8th   Alexey Pichugin 2126.0606 96.97%
9th   Michal Stepan 2109.2680 96.20%
10th   Magnus Johansson 2051.1369 93.55%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23% 100.00%
  Silver   Violetta Boehm 1637.8093 74.70% 76.04%
  Bronze   Randi Rogers 1626.8851 74.20% 75.53%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Nikita Nemykin 1784.5432 81.39% 100.00%
  Silver   Baptiste Felt 1663.7601 75.88% 93.23%
  Bronze   Danila Pakhomov 1650.9516 75.30% 92.51%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Jan Palka 1873.4312 85.44% 100.00%
  Silver   Frank William Garcia 1826.8258 83.32% 97.51%
  Bronze   Angus Hobdell 1807.3518 82.43% 96.47%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Heribert Bettermann 1571.3016 71.66% 100.00%
  Silver   Rob Hopper 1526.7821 69.63% 97.17%
  Bronze   Max Wiegand 1401.6426 63.93% 89.20%
Teams Production
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   Russia 6472.0877 100.00% Pavel Torgashov, Maria Gushchina, Alexey Pichugin, Nikolai Onshin
  Silver   United States 6385.0989 98.66% Ben Stoeger, Salvador Luna, Brian Norris, Casey Reed
  Bronze   Czech Republic 6285.5205 97.12% Robin Sebo, Michal Stepan, Miroslav Zapletal
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 4643.1730 100.00% Randi Rogers, Sara Taylor, Candice Juliano, Cindi Thomas
  Silver   Italy 4370.9652 94.14% Violetta Boehm, Ilaria Giunchiglia, Lucia Caroli, Marianna Limarova
  Bronze   Russia 4329.1863 93.24% Ekaterina Gordienko, Irina Gorbacheva, Ekaterina Tabachenko, Inna Deledivka
Junior teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   Russia 5072.3002 100.00% Nikita Nemykin, Danila Pakhomov, Dmitry Novikov, Kirill Fedorov
  Silver   France 4479.0522 88.30% Baptiste Felt, Paul Dagorno, Baptiste Jazet
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 5187.9415 100.00% Frank William Garcia, Gilberto Perez, Gordon Carrell, Brad Bolz
  Silver   Italy 5049.8855 97.34% Giovanni Zuccolo, Davide Cerrato, Valter Tranquilli, Mario Piccioni
  Bronze   Germany 4643.6190 89.51% Joerg Haben, Rolf Dieter Reich, Frank Weuster, Olaf Van Essen

Classic edit

The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors (10.9 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
  Gold   Elias Frangoulis 2191.6388 100.00%
  Silver   Jeufro Emil Lejano 2076.8448 94.76%
  Bronze   Jethro Dionisio 2076.6685 94.75%
4th   Phil Strader 2046.0685 93.36%
5th   Jeremy Reid 2044.9257 93.31%
6th   Lenard Lopez 2010.0355 91.71%
7th   Gregory Midgley 2007.3307 91.59%
8th   Roberto Vezzoli 2004.0773 91.44%
9th   Wilfredo Jr Martin 1962.1684 89.53%
10th   Edoardo Buticchi 1939.6316 88.50%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Julie Golob 1602.0253 73.10% 100.00%
  Silver   Jelena Savkovic 1483.0726 67.67% 92.57%
  Bronze   Grace Tamayo 1446.0789 65.98% 90.27%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Edoardo Buticchi 1939.6316 88.50% 100.00%
  Silver   Narongsak Kaewmuangpet 1831.7240 83.58% 94.44%
  Bronze   Guido Ciccarelli 1791.1485 81.73% 92.34%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Joel Gerard 1531.7793 69.89% 100.00%
  Silver   Randy Fisher 1471.1048 67.12% 96.04%
  Bronze   Gert Erling Hansen 1349.6862 61.58% 88.11%
Teams Classic
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 6124.3587 100.00% Elias Paul Frangoulis, Jeremy Reid, Randall Arrowood, Rob Leatham
  Silver   Philippines 5989.5014 97.80% Jeufro Emil Lejano, Wilfredo Jr Martin, Bernardo Mari V Alejandro, William Magalong
  Bronze   Italy 5827.5639 95.15% Roberto Vezzoli, Edoardo Buticchi, Alessandro Pettinelli, Guido Ciccarelli
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 5083.1075 100.00% John Allen Koppi, Harold Arthur Christy, Lyle Keith Dilworth, Robert Novak
  Silver   France 4736.8887 93.19% Michel Nestolat, Denis Altuna, Joel Gerard, Philippe Rouge
  Bronze   South Africa 4485.2870 88.24% Dion Du Bruyn, Wayne Hammond, Abraham Jansen Van Vuuren, Jan Van Den Berg

Revolver edit

The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors (4.6 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
  Gold   Michael William Poggie 2307.0044 100.00%
  Silver   Gerald Reiter 2262.3355 98.06%
  Bronze   Joshua Lentz 2258.5747 97.90%
4th   Sascha Back 2195.9996 95.19%
5th   Rich Wolfe 2126.9147 92.19%
6th   David Olhasso 2126.5723 92.18%
7th   Henrik Nielsen 2078.7244 90.10%
8th   Moacir de Azevedo 2051.0417 88.91%
9th   Kalle Halvarsson 2026.2984 87.83%
10th   Markus Schneider 2016.9749 87.43%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Vera Treskova 1337.2981 57.97% 100.00%
  Silver   Olga Kuznetsova 935.8880 40.57% 69.98%
  Bronze   Daria Zharkova 819.4597 35.52% 61.28%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
  Gold   Moacir de Azevedo 2051.0417 88.91% 100.00%
  Silver   Markus Schneider 2016.9749 87.43% 98.34%
  Bronze   Olof Lindskog 1763.4999 76.44% 85.98%
Teams Revolver
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
  Gold   United States 6692.4938 100.00% Michael William Poggie, Joshua Lentz, Rich Wolfe, David Olhasso
  Silver   Germany 5989.9135 89.50% Sascha Back, Markus Schneider, Guenther Knaus, Holger Joest
  Bronze   Austria 5973.9100 89.26% Gerald Reiter, Johann Lang, Markus Pack, Robert Kroiss

Medal table edit

Rank Country   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total
1   United States 13 7 5 25
2   Russia 5 3 5 13
3   Italy 4 3 4 11
4   France 3 2 5 10
5   Australia 2 1 1 4
6   Philippines 1 4 3 8
7   Germany 1 2 3 6
8   Spain 1 1 2 4
9   Brazil 1 1 1 3
10   Sweden 1 0 1 2
11   Belgium 1 0 0 1
12   Slovakia 1 0 0 1
13   Austria 0 3 0 3
14   South Africa 0 2 2 4
15   Thailand 0 2 1 3
16   Norway 0 1 1 2
17   Canada 0 1 0 1
18   Serbia 0 1 0 1
19   Denmark 0 0 1 1
Total 34 34 34 102

Shoot-Off side event edit

On Sunday 3 September, the Shoot-Off side event was held in an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup format where the competitors shot at falling steel targets (called poppers). The top 10 finishing overall and category shooters from the Main Match were qualified for the Shoot-Off. To win a round, a competitor would have to hit all his steel targets and reach the middle middle target before the other competitor. The Shoot-Off consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals, bronze and gold finals.[4]

Division Category   Gold   Silver   Bronze
Open Overall   Jorge Ballesteros   Simon Racaza   Emile Obriot
Lady   Jessica Duff   Kaci Lynn Cochran   Sloan Sanders
Junior   Clement Caesar Ho   Mauro Kenji Murakami   Dangdee Hongdalud
Senior   Jose Zanon Blasco   Johan Hansen   Augusto Ribas
Super Senior   Philippe Gibert   Wat Srijinta - Angkul   Roberto Saldanha
Standard Overall   Shane Coley   Nils Konrad Jonasson   Eric Grauffel
Lady   Christine Burkhalter   Claire Giles   Hilde Nakling
Junior   Kahlil Adrian Viray   Saditkorn Chomrit   Rolly Nathaniel Tecson
Senior   Adriano Santarcangelo   Leonardo Bettoni   Emanuel Bragg
Super Senior   Esterino Magli   Lucimar Domingues Oliveira   Benjamin Jr Belarmino
Production Overall   Ljubiša Momčilović   Benjamin Stoeger   Eduardo de Cobos
Lady   Maria Guschina   Margaux Nycz   Violetta Boehm
Junior   Nikita Nemykin   Baptiste Felt   James Phegan
Senior   Giovanni Zuccolo   Gordon Carrell   Gilberto Perez
Super Senior   Rob Hopper   Maoro Guimaraes -
Classic Overall   Elias Frangoulis   Jeufro Emil Leujano   Jethro Dionisio
Lady   Julie Golob   Jelena Savković   Grace Tamayo
Senior   Edoardo Buticchi   Narongsak Kaewmuanpet -
Super Senior   Gert Erling Hansen   Joël Gerard -
Revolver Overall   Michael William Poggie   David Olhasso   Henrik F. Nielsen
Senior   Moacir De Azevedo   Markus Schneider   Eric Cornelissen

CZ Super Six side event edit

Another side event on Sunday 3 September was the Super Six finals sponsored by CZ,[3] where six of the best Overall and Lady shooters in the Production, Standard and Open divisions participated. Three of the Main Match stages were shot again by one competitor at a time in an elimination cup format based on their hit factor scores. Stage 16 was the first cut, afterwards stage 15 was the semifinal and lastly stage 17 was the final between the two best shooters.

Division Category   Gold   Silver   Bronze
Open Overall   Simon Racaza   Emile Obriot   Jorge Ballesteros
Lady   Jessica Duff   Sloan Sanders -
Standard Overall   Eric Grauffel   Nils Konrad Jonasson   Shane Coley
Lady   Ashley Rheuark   Sissal Skaale   Claire Giles
Production Overall   Michal Štěpán   Ljubiša Momčilović   Maria Gushchina
Lady   Maria Gushchina   Margaux Nycz   Cecilia Lindberg

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 2017 Handgun World Shoot - Division Participation Listing
  2. ^ Live Match Report IPSC World Shoot France - all4shooters.com
  3. ^ a b CZ Shooting Team blog: CZ at the 2017 Handgun World Shoot: Maria Gushchina Triple World Champion! (Czech: Česká zbrojovka a.s. na Handgun World Shoot 2017: Maria Gushchina trojnásobnou mistryní světa!)
  4. ^ "WS XVIII Shoot off results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

External links edit