Aleksey Alipov

Aleksey Alipov

Aleksey Alipov (2010)
Personal information
Full name	Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov
Born	7 August 1975 (age 41) Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2004 Athens Trap 2008 Beijing Trap European Games 2015 Baku Trap 2015 Baku Mixed Trap ISSF World Championships 2013 Lima Men's trap

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

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
Trap	9th 114	Gold 124+25	Bronze 121+21	13th 120
Double trap	14th 131	—	—	—

References

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

External links

• Alipov's profile at ISSF NEWS