IPSC Shotgun World Shoot

The IPSC Shotgun World Shoot is the highest level shotgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC), described as "the Olympics of the Action Shooting Sports".[1]

The match consists of several days, comprising at least 25 separate courses of fire[2] where the best IPSC-shooters from all around the world vie for the title of World Champion. The Handgun World Shoot, Rifle World Shoot and Shotgun World Shoot are held with three year intervals, meaning that since the last Handgun World Shoot was held in 2014, the next Shotgun World Shoot was held during 2015 and the next Rifle World Shoot in 2016.

History

2012 World Shoot I, Hungary

The first Shotgun World Shoot was held in Debrecen, Hungary, and consisted of 30 stages over 5 days and over 400 competitors.[3]

2015 World Shoot II, Italy

The second Shotgun World Shoot was held at the shooting range "Le Tre Piume" near Agna, Italy. The main match consisted of 30 stages over 5 days and had a match capacity of 720 competitors.[4]

Champions

The following is a list of previous and current Shotgun World Champions:[5]

Overall Category

Year Division Gold Silver Bronze Venue
2012 Open SlovakiaIvan Hos UkraineOleksandr Shymchenko Czech RepublicJosef Rakusan World Shoot I
2012 Modified SerbiaIgor Jankovic FinlandJani Lehtonen SerbiaGoran Jankovic World Shoot I
2012 Standard FinlandPetri Henrik Ol Runtti ItalyRoberto Vezzoli RussiaSergei Konov World Shoot I
2012 Standard Manual FinlandHans Roger Karp ItalyLuigi Silvestroni RussiaAleksandr Petukhov World Shoot I
2015 Open Czech RepublicVaclav Vinduska RussiaRoman Khalitov GermanyDirk Frey World Shoot II
2015 Modified SerbiaNikola Mihajlovic SerbiaIgor Jankovic FinlandMikael Kaislaranta World Shoot II
2015 Standard ItalyRoberto Vezzoli FinlandRaine Peltokoski FinlandTeemu Rintala World Shoot II
2015 Standard Manual FinlandKim Leppänen FinlandJaakko Viitala FinlandAri Matero World Shoot II

Lady Category

Year Division Gold Silver Bronze Venue
2012 Open ThailandMalin Suebsuk SwedenElsa Marianne Hansen GreeceEfstathia Chasogia World Shoot I
2012 Standard United StatesLena Miculek GermanySandra Schuh United KingdomVanessa Duffy World Shoot I
2015 Open RussiaAlena Karelina ItalyIrene Canetta RussiaNatalia Rumyantseva World Shoot II
2015 Standard United StatesLena Miculek-Afentul United StatesDianna Muller GermanySandra Schuh World Shoot II

Junior Category

Year Division Gold Silver Bronze Venue
2012 Standard ThailandAphisit Kaewmuangpet RussiaTimon Blattner BulgariaEvangelos Gravanis World Shoot I
2015 Standard United KingdomJoshua Kenny United StatesNathan Staskiewicz United StatesTimothy Yackley World Shoot II

Senior Category

Year Division Gold Silver Bronze Venue
2012 Open United StatesJerry Miculek ItalyMario Riillo RussiaRamazan Mubarakov World Shoot I
2012 Modified SerbiaBranislav Raketic ItalyEnri Botturi ItalyAmedeo Sessa World Shoot I
2012 Standard United StatesKurt Miller United StatesJeffrey Cramblit GermanyKlaus Möller World Shoot I
2012 Standard Manual PolandBoguslaw Gaweda FinlandJukka Matti Mikkola Czech RepublicLumir Safranek World Shoot I
2015 Open SwedenStefan Ekstedt ItalyLuciano Todisco SwedenJohan Hansen World Shoot II
2015 Modified FinlandMikael Kaislaranta ItalyRoberto Galgani SerbiaBranislav Raketic World Shoot II
2015 Standard GermanyKlaus Moeller United StatesKurt Miller GermanyJochen Tuerk World Shoot II
2015 Standard Manual ItalyDavide Bellini NetherlandsAdrie De Bot BrazilLuiz Backes World Shoot II

Super Senior Category

Year Division Gold Silver Bronze Venue
2012 Open ItalyFurio Liberti South AfricaCarlo Belletti United KingdomMichael John Scarlett World Shoot I
2015 Open ItalyAmedeo Sessa South AfricaCarlo Belletti ItalyMassimo Corazzini World Shoot II
2015 Standard ItalyGavino Mura ArgentinaRoberto Maritato ItalySergio Fontanelli World Shoot II
2015 Standard Manual Czech RepublicLumir Safranek GermanyLothar Ring ItalyMassimo Grassi World Shoot II

See also

References

  1. ↑ Team GLOCK’s Tori Nonaka Captures Silver at the IPSC World Shoot - Pistols - all4shooters.com
  2. ↑ IPSC.org :: IPSC Match Ratings
  3. ↑ World Shotgun Championship 2012, Hungary, Debrecen
  4. ↑ Official Match Page for SGWS 2015 - shotgunworldshoot-italy.org
  5. ↑ "IPSC History of Champions", accessed February 11, 2015.

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