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Shooting became a medal sport in the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, Canada having previously been a demonstration sport at the International Stoke Mandeville Games. [1] It started off with only three mixed air rifle events (class 1A-1C, class 2-5 and amputees). Canada led the medal table with two golds and one silver while Israel at the Paralympics won one silver and two bronzes.
In the 1980 Summer Paralympics, there were eleven events which included men's and women's air pistol events for amputees debuted. Mixed events included air rifle events with 3-position, kneeling, prone and standing for three classes. The 1984 Summer Paralympics expanded the number of events to 29 events which featured, for the first time, men's team events for 3-position, standing, kneeling and prone, Netherlands won two of the events (3-positions and kneeling), won a silver medal in the prone team and a bronze in the standing team. In the individual events, Australia reigned the sport contest by winning nine gold medals (eight in the women's events by Libby Kosmala and Barbara Caspers who both won four golds each and Allan Chadwick won the men's rifle-prone tetraplegic event). Shooting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, saw three competitors tied for bronze medals which meant there were 25 bronze medals awarded instead of 23. Within the past twelve years, Jonas Jacobsson earned most of his medals within this decade by winning three golds, three silvers and five bronze medals.
The 1992 Summer Paralympics saw the number of events dropped to 16 events as they were back to being mixed events and Germany won the most gold medals by winning five: Johann Brunner won the most medals for his team (one gold and three silvers). In 1996 Atlanta, Thomas Jacobsson won three gold medals and Jonas Jacobsson earned two golds and one bronze for Sweden.
The classes changed to two in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney: SH1 was for competitors (pistol and rifle) didn't require a standing post and SH2 for competitors who have upper limb disability who need the use of a standing post when competing. Franc Pinter was the first Slovenian shooter to win medals by winning three silver medals between 2000 and 2008. In 2012, Jonas Jacobsson got only two medals: he won gold for 50m rifle 3-positions SH1 and silver in 10m rifle standing SH1 and he earned himself to be one of the best performing male Paralympians to have won the most medals (17 golds, 4 silvers and 9 bronzes).
Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's rifle 3 positions team | 1984 | Netherlands (NED) | Sweden (SWE) | West Germany (FRG) |
Men's rifle kneeling team | 1984 | Netherlands (NED) | Sweden (SWE) | France (FRA) |
Men's rifle prone team | 1984 | France (FRA) | Netherlands (NED) | Sweden (SWE) |
Men's rifle standing team | 1984 | Sweden (SWE) | West Germany (FRG) | Netherlands (NED) |
Men's pistol team | 1984 | Austria (AUT) | Great Britain (GBR) | West Germany (FRG) |
Mixed pistol team open | 1988 | Austria (AUT) | Canada (CAN) | France (FRA) |
Mixed rifle 3 positions team | 1988 | West Germany (FRG) | South Korea (KOR) | Sweden (SWE) |
Mixed rifle kneeling team | 1988 | South Korea (KOR) | West Germany (FRG) | Netherlands (NED) |
Mixed rifle prone team | 1988 | Sweden (SWE) | South Korea (KOR) | France (FRA) |
Mixed rifle standing team | 1988 | West Germany (FRG) | Netherlands (NED) | Sweden (SWE) |
Norway competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Results from Norwegian athletes are typically considered separate from those of Swedish competitors despite the Union between Sweden and Norway that existed in 1900.
Michael Johnson is a New Zealand Paralympic shooter who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
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Ashley Phillip Adams was an Australian Paralympic shooting medallist and cattle grazier.
Natalie Smith is an Australian Paralympic shooter. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal. She also represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Veronika Vadovičová is a Slovakian Paralympic shooter. In 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, she won gold medalint the 10 meter SH1. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals and a silver medal. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Mixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1, winning a gold medal.
India competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984, though they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. This was India's most successful Paralympic season with 5 golds 8 silvers and 6 bronzes. Before this edition, India had won 12 medals of all previous Paralympics appearances combined.
Qualification for shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begins from 1 January 2019 to 21 June 2021. There were three events for male and female sports shooters and seven mixed events. There were a total of 154 athlete quotas.
Server Ibragimov is an Uzbekistani sport shooter. He represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the bronze medal in the men's 10 metre air pistol SH1 event. He qualified to represent Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the silver medal at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships held in Cheongju, South Korea.
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani is a sport shooter from the United Arab Emirates. He competed at the Summer Paralympics in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021 and in total, he won two gold medals and three silver medals.
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Philip Jönsson is a Swedish Paralympic sport shooter. He won the gold medal in the mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. This was also the first medal for Sweden at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
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Park Jin-ho is a South Korean Paralympic sport shooter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 10-metre air rifle standing SH1 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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