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The IPSC European Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 4 championship hosted every third year in Europe.
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is the world's second largest shooting sport association and the largest and oldest within practical shooting. Founded in 1976, the IPSC nowadays affiliates over 100 regions from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Competitions are held with pistol, revolver, rifle and shotgun, and competitors are divided into different divisions based on firearm and equipment features. While everyone in a division competes in the Overall category, there are also own separate awards for the categories Lady, Super Junior, Junior, Senior and Super Senior.
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The following is a list of current and past European IPSC Rifle champions.
Year | Division | Venue | |||
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2009 | Open | Kongsberg, Norway | |||
2009 | Standard | Kongsberg, Norway | |||
2012 | Open | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | |||
2012 | Standard | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | |||
2015 | Open | Felsőtárkány, Hungary | |||
2015 | Standard | Felsőtárkány, Hungary | |||
2015 | Manual Open | Felsőtárkány, Hungary | |||
2018 | Cancelled due to the 2018 Sweden wildfires | Karlskoga, Sweden | |||
Year | Division | Venue | |||
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2015 | Open | Felsőtárkány, Hungary | |||
Year | Division | Venue | |||
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2012 | Open | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | |||
Year | Division | Venue | |||
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2009 | Open | Kongsberg, Norway | |||
2012 | Open | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | |||
2012 | Standard | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | |||
2015 | Open | Felsőtárkány, Hungary | |||
2015 | Standard | Felsőtárkány, Hungary | |||
Year | Division | Venue | |||
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2015 | Open | Felsőtárkány, Hungary | |||
The IPSC Nordic Rifle Championship is a yearly IPSC level 3 rifle championship hosted in either Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark.
The IPSC European Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 4 championship hosted every third year in Europe.
The IPSC European Shotgun Championship is an IPSC level 4 championship hosted every third year in Europe.
The IPSC Nordic Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship hosted in every year either in Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark. Until 2017 the championships were held annually in all divisions. But from 2018 onward championships in Open and Production division will be held even years and championships in Classic, Revolver and Standard divisions uneven years.
The IPSC Shotgun World Shoot is the highest level shotgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire. The Shotgun World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Rifle.
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. The Rifle World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Shotgun.
The IPSC Norwegian Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by Dynamic Sports Shooting Norway.
The IPSC German Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Federation of German Marksmen.
The IPSC South African Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the South African Practical Shooting Association.
The IPSC Finnish Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.
The IPSC Russian Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Russian Federation of Practical Shooting.
The IPSC Swedish Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Swedish Dynamic Sports Shooting Association.
The IPSC Australian Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by IPSC Australia.
The IPSC Russian Shotgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Russian Federation of Practical Shooting.
The IPSC French Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the French Shooting Federation.
The IPSC Swedish Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Swedish Dynamic Sports Shooting Association.
The IPSC Swedish Shotgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Swedish Dynamic Sports Shooting Association.
The IPSC Swedish Mini Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Swedish Dynamic Sports Shooting Association.
The IPSC Nordic Mini Rifle Championship is a yearly IPSC level 3 rifle championship hosted in either Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark.
Teemu Rintala is a Finnish sport shooter who is the current IPSC Rifle World Champion in the Open division from the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot and Shotgun World Champion in the Modified division from the 2018 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot. He also has a bronze medal from the 2015 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot. Rintala has been one of the top IPSC Rifle and Shotgun shooters in Europe the last couple of years having placed well in the last Finnish, Nordic and European championships. Rintala shoots for Astro Sweden Rifle Team, and alongside the shooting he works as an arborist.