IPSC Rifle World Shoots

The IPSC Rifle World Shoot is the highest level rifle match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire.[1] The Rifle World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Shotgun.

The opening ceremony at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot in Russia.
Practical Rifle
ClassificationICS (IPSC Classification System)
SportPractical shooting
FoundedIn the 1970's
Motto"Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas" (DVC), Latin for "precision, power, speed"
No. of teamsNational teams
CountryOver 100
Venue(s)Shooting ranges
ConfederationAfrican, Australasian, European and Pan-American Zones
Most recent
champion(s)
Finland Jarkko Laukia
(2019)
QualificationRegion dependent number of slots. Regional selection procedures.
Level on pyramid5
Domestic cup(s)National championships
Related
competitions
IPSC Handgun, Shotgun and Action Air World Shoots
Official websiteipsc.org
Current sports event 2019 IPSC Rifle World Shoot

History

The first Rifle World Shoot was originally scheduled to be held in 2006 in Denmark,[2] but was postponed and later cancelled due to difficulty in arranging enough long range stages.[3] South Africa later expressed interest in hosting the event, but did not put forward a bid.[citation needed] In 2009 Norway hosted the first European Rifle Championship with most of the top competitors from America, Europe and the rest of the world present. Norway afterwards intended to bid for hosting the first Rifle World Shoot in 2013, but had to withdraw the bid[4] due to financial reasons and lack of facilities. Russia then successfully bid in 2013 to host the first IPSC Rifle World Shoot in 2016,[5] and planned to hold the competition at the newly constructed shooting range in Patriot Park near Moscow,[6] an ideal range for such a large competition.[7] In order to finish the construction of the new shooting range IPSC approved to reschedule the inaugural championship to 2017. The first IPSC Rifle Championship was therefore held in June 2017. The second IPSC Rifle World Shoot has been awarded to Sweden, and was hosted in Karlskoga during August 2019.[8]

List of Rifle World Shoots

The following is a list of previous and future World Shoots:

Individual Champions

The Gold Medal of the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.

Overall category

YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open Teemu Rintala Raine Peltokoski Jarkko LaukiaWorld Shoot I
2017Standard Håvard Østgaard Sami Hautamäki Timo VehvilainenWorld Shoot I
2017Manual Open Roman Khalitov Egor Khramov Erik BjaelkvallWorld Shoot I
2017Manual Standard Vladimir Chamyan Andrei Kirisenko Vladimir NovikovWorld Shoot I
2019Open Jarkko Laukia Raine Peltokoski Vadim MikhailovWorld Shoot II
2019Standard Sami Hautamäki Joseph Easter Håvard ØstgaardWorld Shoot II
2019Manual Open Jiro Nihei Stilianos Simeonidis Erik BjälkvallWorld Shoot II
2019Manual Standard Vladimir Chamyan Vladimir Yakovlev Andrei KirisenkoWorld Shoot II

Lady category

From left to right: Ashley Rheuark, Lena Miculek and Maria Gushchina.
Ashley Rheuark at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.
YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open Lena Miculek Ashley Rheuark Maria GushchinaWorld Shoot I
2017Standard Anastasiya Tereshina Anna Puzyreva Elena MerkulovaWorld Shoot I
2017Manual Open Alena Karelina Irina Perfileva Tatiana KorobeinikWorld Shoot I
2017Manual Standard Tatiana Isupova Olga Axyonkina Svetlana KostrominaWorld Shoot I
2019Open Ashley Rheuark Lena Miculek Lanny BarnesWorld Shoot II

Junior category

YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open Andrei Kalinin Albert Gladkovskiy Dmitry NovikovWorld Shoot I
2019Open Riley Kropff Dmitry Novikov Georgy ShkodaWorld Shoot II

Senior category

Jerry Miculek on top of the podium for the Open Division Super Senior category at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.
YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open Jose Vidanes Armin Meesit Jeffrey CramblitWorld Shoot I
2017Standard Mikael Kaislaranta Jan Palka Vitaly KonevWorld Shoot I
2017Manual Open Ramazan Mubarakov Evgeny Efimov Fabio Egidio FossatiWorld Shoot I
2019Open Ernest Nagy Jose Vidanes Dario ForlaniWorld Shoot II
2019Standard Kelly Neal Ilkka Siitonen Vitaly KonevWorld Shoot II
2019Manual Open Paolo Zambai Aleksandr Ivashko Dan LiljeströmWorld Shoot II

Super Senior category

YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open Jerry Miculek Pertti Karhunen Peter KressibucherWorld Shoot I
2019Open Jerry Miculek Pertti Karhunen Ilkka KervinenWorld Shoot II

Teams

Overall teams

YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open  Finland  Russia  NorwayWorld Shoot I
2017Standard  Finland  Norway  RussiaWorld Shoot I
2019Open  Finland  United States  RussiaWorld Shoot II

Lady teams

YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open Lady  United States  Russia  FinlandWorld Shoot I

Senior teams

YearDivision Gold Silver BronzeWorld Shoot
2017Open Senior  United States  Sweden  ItalyWorld Shoot I

See also

References