- Aleksei Alipov
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Alipov ( _ru. Алексей Александрович Алипов, born
August 7 ,1975 ) is aRussia nOlympic 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
August 15 ,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, beatingItaly 'sGiovanni Pellielo into the silver medal position, whileAustralia '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
Russia n,Soviet Union andUnified Team participation at the Olympic Games.His hobbies include
hunting andfishing , and he is currently ranked eighth in the world in Trap by theInternational Shooting Sport Federation . [http://www.issf-shooting.org/update/worldranking.asp?mode=allbyevent&event=TR125]Notes
External links
* [http://www.issfnews.com/shooters/whoiswho.asp?event=&wiwmode=namenat&shtrid=17066 Alipov's profile at ISSF NEWS]
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