Leonid Yekimov

Leonid Yekimov

Leonid Yekimov (born 13 September 1987) is a Russian sport shooter. At the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, he won the junior competition in 25 metre pistol and finished second in 25 metre standard pistol. The following year, although still a junior, he opted to participate in the open class of the European Championships in 10 metre air pistol and helped the Russian team to a gold medal and a new world record, also breaking the junior world record in the qualification round. He then proceeded to defeat teammates Mikhail Nestruev and Vladimir Isakov in the final, to top a Russian triple victory and win his first international senior title.

Yekimov made his Olympic debut in the air pistol competition in Beijing in 2008, and finished sixth. He was also chosen as Sergei Alifirenko's replacement in the rapid fire pistol competition, when Alifirenko, who won gold in Sydney and bronze in Athens, had to withdraw. Although not a renowned rapid fire shooter, Yekimov has won a national competition in the event and when attaining his minimum qualification score for the Olympics, he reached a score of 586 in Munich, only five points behind the world record. In Beijing, Yekimov was in the lead after the first day but dropped to second after the second stage and finally to fourth after the final.

Performance timeline

Records


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Leonid Ekimov — (né le 13 septembre 1987) est un tireur sportif au pistolet de nationalité russe. Sa carrière Aux Championnats du monde de tir en 2006, il gagne la médaille d or dans la catégorie junior en pistolet 25 mètres et termine deuxième en 25 mètres… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Coupe du monde de tir de l'ISSF 2009 — Infobox compétition sportive Coupe du monde de tir de l ISSF 2009 Généralités Sport Tir …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of Russian people — The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Liste von weißrussischen Fußballnationalspielern — Anpassung an unsere Wikipedia:Namenskonventionen/Kyrillisch Ureinwohner uff 16:51, 16. Jun. 2009 (CEST) Die Liste der Nationalspieler Weißrusslands gibt einen Überblick über alle Spieler die mindestens 1 Spiel für die weißrussische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”