IPSC Shotgun World Shoots

The IPSC Shotgun World Shoot is the highest level shotgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire.[1] The Shotgun World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Rifle.

Daniel Horner firing his shotgun at a flying clay target during a match in South Carolina, U.S. in 2017
Practical Shotgun
ClassificationICS (IPSC Classification System)
SportPractical shooting
FoundedIn the 1970's
Motto"Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas" (DVC), Latin for "precision, power, speed"
No. of teamsNational teams
CountryOver 100
Venue(s)Shooting ranges
ConfederationAfrican, Australasian, European and Pan-American Zones
Most recent
champion(s)
Finland Jarkko Laukia
(2018)
QualificationRegion dependent number of slots. Regional selection procedures.
Level on pyramid5
Domestic cup(s)National championships
Related
competitions
IPSC Handgun, Rifle and Action Air World Shoots
Official websiteipsc.org
Current sports event 2021 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot

History edit

The first Shotgun World Shoot was held in 2012 in Debrecen, Hungary, and consisted of 30 stages over 5 days and over 400 competitors.[2] The subsequent 2015 Shotgun World Shoot was held at the "Le Tre Piume" shooting range near Agna, Italy. The match had 30 stages over 5 days, and 635 competitors from 30 nations. The 2018 Shotgun World Shoot was held at the National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France and consisted of 30 stages over 7 days, and 656 competitors from 39 nations. The next Shotgun World Shoot has been awarded to Thailand, and will be held in 2021.[needs update]

List of Shotgun World Shoots edit

Individual champions edit

The following is a list of previous and current Shotgun World Champions:[3]

Overall Category edit

Year Division   Gold   Silver   Bronze Venue
2012 Open   Ivan Hos   Oleksandr Shymchenko   Josef Rakusan World Shoot I
2012 Modified   Igor Jankovic   Jani Lehtonen   Goran Jankovic World Shoot I
2012 Standard   Petri Henrik Ol Runtti   Roberto Vezzoli   Sergei Konov World Shoot I
2012 Manual   Hans Roger Karp   Luigi Silvestroni   Aleksandr Petukhov World Shoot I
2015 Open   Vaclav Vinduska   Roman Khalitov   Dirk Frey World Shoot II
2015 Modified   Nikola Mihajlovic   Igor Jankovic   Mikael Kaislaranta World Shoot II
2015 Standard   Roberto Vezzoli   Raine Peltokoski   Teemu Rintala World Shoot II
2015 Manual   Kim Leppänen   Jaakko Viitala   Ari Matero World Shoot II
2018 Open   Josh Froelich   Vaclav Vinduska   Vladimir Kharitonov World Shoot III
2018 Modified   Teemu Rintala   Sami Hautamäki   Roberto Vezzoli World Shoot III
2018 Standard   Jarkko Laukia   Kim Leppänen   Joshua Kenny World Shoot III
2018 Manual   Jaakko Viitala   Pavel Orlov   Yury Nikolaev World Shoot III

Women's Category edit

Year Division   Gold   Silver   Bronze Venue
2012 Open   Malin Suebsuk   Elsa Marianne Hansen   Efstathia Chasogia World Shoot I
2012 Standard   Lena Miculek   Sandra Schuh   Vanessa Duffy World Shoot I
2015 Open   Alena Karelina   Irene Canetta   Natalia Rumyantseva World Shoot II
2015 Standard   Lena Miculek-Afentul   Dianna Muller   Sandra Schuh World Shoot II
2018 Open   Alena Karelina   Irene Canetta   Maria Shvarts World Shoot III
2018 Modified   Margaux Nycz   Janice Navato   Chanyanuch Parkyam World Shoot III
2018 Standard   Lena Miculek   Dianna Muller   Dakota Overland World Shoot III
2018 Manual   Alessandra Moro   Arnya Olsen   Cândida Tatian Balestiere Vargas World Shoot III

Junior Category edit

Year Division   Gold   Silver   Bronze Venue
2012 Standard   Aphisit Kaewmuangpet   Timon Blattner   Evangelos Gravanis World Shoot I
2015 Standard   Joshua Kenny   Nathan Staskiewicz   Timothy Yackley World Shoot II
2018 Standard   Garrett Dietrich   Lucas Roth   Nicholas Realuyo World Shoot III

Senior Category edit

Year Division   Gold   Silver   Bronze Venue
2012 Open   Jerry Miculek   Mario Riillo   Ramazan Mubarakov World Shoot I
2012 Modified  Branislav Raketic  Enri Botturi  Amedeo Sessa World Shoot I
2012 Standard   Kurt Miller   Jeffrey Cramblit   Klaus Möller World Shoot I
2012 Manual   Boguslaw Gaweda   Jukka Matti Mikkola   Lumir Safranek World Shoot I
2015 Open   Stefan Ekstedt   Luciano Todisco   Johan Hansen World Shoot II
2015 Modified   Mikael Kaislaranta   Roberto Galgani   Branislav Raketic World Shoot II
2015 Standard   Klaus Moeller   Kurt Miller   Jochen Tuerk World Shoot II
2015 Manual   Davide Bellini   Adrie De Bot   Luiz Backes World Shoot II
2018 Open   Johan Hansen   Jojo Vidanes   Luciano Todisco World Shoot III
2018 Modified   Mikael Kaislaranta   Branislav Raketic   Eduardo Roberto Buticchi World Shoot III
2018 Standard   Mika Riste   Ihor Zahurnyi   Raul Jr Tolentino World Shoot III
2018 Manual   Davide Bellini   Luigi Silvestroni   Iain Guy World Shoot III

Super Senior Category edit

Year Division   Gold   Silver   Bronze Venue
2012 Open   Furio Liberti   Carlo Belletti   Michael John Scarlett World Shoot I
2015 Open   Amedeo Sessa   Carlo Belletti   Massimo Corazzini World Shoot II
2015 Standard   Gavino Mura   Roberto Maritato   Sergio Fontanelli World Shoot II
2015 Manual   Lumir Safranek   Lothar Ring   Massimo Grassi World Shoot II
2018 Open   Giovanni Liberti   Apostolos Bechtsoudis   Michael Lautenschlager World Shoot III
2018 Standard   Karl Blum   Bernd Wiessner   Amedeo Sessa World Shoot III
2018 Manual   Matti Mikkola   Lothar Ring   Thanapol Kuichairatana World Shoot III

See also edit

References edit

External links edit