Alexey_Alipov
Aleksey Alipov
Russian sport shooter
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.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 (age 48) Moscow, Russian SfSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Trap shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Born in Moscow, he was trained at the Russian Academy of Sport. He participates for the Russian Army Sports Club, based in Moscow.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
His hobbies include hunting and fishing, and he was in 2006 ranked eighth in the world in Trap by the International Shooting Sport Federation.[1]
- "World ranking". Archived from the original on 11 July 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2006.
- Aleksey Alipov at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Aleksey Alipov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
This biographical article relating to sport shooting in Russia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |