Vincent Hancock
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Vincent Hancock (born March 19, 1989) is an American shooter and Olympic athlete who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing[1] and 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2][3] He is the first skeet shooter to repeat as the Olympic champion.[4][5]
In 2005, at age of 16, Hancock won his first World Championship title in men’s skeet and went on to win the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation’s Shooter of the Year award. Hancock also won World Championships in 2009 and again in 2015. Vincent has qualified for the Olympic team and will be representing the United States in Rio in 2016.[6]
Hancock was born in Port Charlotte, Florida, but now resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife, Rebekah and their daughters, Bailey and Brenlyn.
Performance timeline
Skeet
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2012 | |
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| Olympic Games | Not held |  Gold121+24 |
Not held | Gold 123+25 | ||
| World Championships |  Bronze123+25 |
— | Bronze 123+24 |
Not held | Gold 124+25 | |
| Pan American Games/COTA | Gold 121+25 |
Not held | Gold 122+25 |
Not held | ||
| World Cup 1 | Gold 124+25 |
— | 28th 118 |
4th 121+21 |
— | |
| World Cup 2 |  Silver124+24 |
5th 120+24 |
— | — | 10th 121 | |
| World Cup 3 | Gold 123+25 |
— | Gold 125+25 |
Gold 123+24 |
— | |
| World Cup 4 | Gold 124+25 |
— | — | — | 10th 117 | |
| World Cup Final | Silver 123+25 |
NQ | DNS | Silver 123+24 |
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Records
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| Men | Qualification | 125 |  Vincent Hancock (USA) Tore Brovold (NOR) Mykola Milchev (UKR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Tore Brovold (NOR) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) |
June 14, 2007 July 13, 2008 May 9, 2009 May 20, 2009 July 25, 2009 January 17, 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Cairo (EGY) Munich (GER) Osijek (CRO) |
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| Final | 150 | Vincent Hancock (USA) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Jan Sychra (CZE) (125+25) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) (125+25) |
June 14, 2007 July 13, 2008 July 25, 2009 March 7, 2011 January 17, 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) |
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| Teams | 366 | United States (Dulohery, Hancock, Thompson) |
August 15–16, 2009 | Maribor (SLO) | ||||
| Junior Men | Individual | 125 | Vincent Hancock (USA) |
June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) | |||
References
- ↑ "Final Results: Men's Skeet Final". Beijing 2008 Official Website. Archived from the original on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
- ↑ "Olympics shooting: Vincent Hancock wins skeet gold medal". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ↑ "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ↑ Tim Hipps (July 31, 2012). "Hancock first Olympic champion to repeat in men's skeet". United States Army News Service. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ↑ David Segal (August 3, 2012). "They Win Gold, but a Pot of It Rarely Follows". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.usashooting.org/athlete.php?id=35
- ↑ "Athlete Biography: Vincent Hancock". Beijing 2008 Official Website. Archived from the original on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
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