Aleksey Alipov

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov (Russian: Алексей Александрович Алипов, born 7 August 1975) is a Russian olympic Trap shooter. He is the 2004 Olympic champion in that discipline.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Alipov.
Aleksey Alipov
Aleksey Alipov (2010)
Personal information
Full nameAleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov
NationalityRussian
Born (1975-08-07) 7 August 1975
Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap shooting
ClubCSKA Moscow
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTrap
2008 BeijingTrap
World Championships
2018 ChangwonMixed Trap
2013 LimaTrap
European Games
2015 BakuTrap
2015 BakuMixed Trap
2019 BakuMixed Trap
Military World Games
2019 WuhanTrap
2019 WuhanTrap Team
2019 WuhanMixed Trap

Career

Born in Moscow, he started the sport at age 13 and was eventually trained at the Russian Academy of Sport. He participates for the Russian Army Sports Club, based in Moscow, and has been coached by Oleg Kulakov since 1998.

It was one of his greatest ambitions to win an Olympic gold medal. He competed at the 2000 Sydney Games where he finished ninth, but he achieved his ambition on 15 August 2004 at the Athens Olympics after a flawless final round in which he was on target with all 25 shots to finish with an overall score of 149 out of 150, beating Italy's Giovanni Pellielo into the silver medal position, while Australia's Adam Vella took bronze. During the qualifying rounds he had equalled the Olympic record.

Alipov's gold medal was furthermore notable in that it was the first Russian gold medal of the Athens Olympics, and also the 500th gold medal in the history of Russian, Soviet Union and Unified Team participation at the Olympic Games.

His hobbies include hunting and fishing, and he is currently ranked eighth in the world in Trap by the International Shooting Sport Federation.[1]

Olympic results
Event 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Trap 9th
114		 Gold
124+25		 Bronze
121+21		 13th
120		 7th
117
Double trap 14th
131		 — — — — —

References
  1. "World ranking". Archived from the original on 11 July 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2006.


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