Chiara Leone

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Chiara Leone
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Leone holding her gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameChiara Leone
National teamSwitzerland
CitizenshipSwiss
Born (1998-06-15) June 15, 1998 (age 26)
Home town Frick, Switzerland
OccupationSport Shooter
Website www.chiaraleone.ch
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
Sport Shooting
Events
ClubSPS Frick
Coached by Enrico Friedemann
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 50m rifle 3 positions
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Baku 50m Rifle Prone - Women's Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Baku 50m Rifle Prone - Mixed Team
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cairo 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Rio de Janeiro 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Jakarta 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Cairo 50m Rifle 3-Positions
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10 m air rifle team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Kraków-Małopolska 50 m rifle 3 positions team
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hamar 10m Air Rifle - Mixed Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Wrocław 50m Rifle Prone - Mixed Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Osijek 50m Rifle 3-Positions
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Osijek 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team

Chiara Leone (born 15 June 1998) is a Swiss sports shooter and Olympic champion. [1] At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, she won the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle event. She has won two team medals at ISSF World Championships, as well as three medals at ISSF World Cups. She became European Champion in the 50m Rifle Three-Position event at the 2024 European Championships in Osijek.

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Sporting career

Leone began shooting in 2007. [2]

In 2022, Leone won World Cup medals at the Cairo and Rio de Janeiro ISSF World Cups. [1] She won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event with Jan Lochbihler. [3]

At the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, she won a silver medal in the 50m 3-position team event. [4] [5]

At the 2023 ISSF World Championships in Baku, Leone won a gold medal in the 50m Prone Rifle women's team, [6] and a gold medal in the 50m Prone rifle mixed team with Jan Lochbihler. [7] [8] [9] [10]

In January 2024, Leone won her first individual World Cup medal, winning silver in the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle at the Cairo World Cup [11]

In May 2024, Leone became European Champion in the 50m Three Position Rifle at the ESC 25/50/300M Championships in Osijek. [12] [13]

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Leone won the women's 50 metre 3 position rifle. [14] [15] [16]

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