 Kovalchuk in 2016 | |
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| Born | April 18, 1973 |
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| Country | Ukraine |
Vasyl Kovalchuk (born April 18, 1973) is a Ukrainian sports-shooter. [1] He won gold medals at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics in the mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2. [2] [3] He also competed in both events in the mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 competitions. [3] [4]
Michael Johnson is a New Zealand Paralympic shooter who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Paralympic shooting, also known as shooting Para sport, is an adaptation of shooting sports for competitors with disabilities. Shooting is a test of accuracy and control, in which competitors use pistols or rifles to fire a series of shots at a stationary target. Each shot is worth a maximum score of 10.9 points. Athletes use .22 caliber rifles, pistols and .177 caliber air guns. Paralympic shooting first appeared in the Summer Paralympics at the 1976 Toronto Games.
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall from 7 September to 12 September.
Jason Maroney is an Australian shooter. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in shooting. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.
Luke Cain is an SH2-classified Australian shooter who became a paraplegic after an accident while playing Australian rules football. He started competing in 2007, as the sport suited his disability, and has been a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder since 2008. He first represented Australia internationally in 2009 at a World Cup event in South Korea. He has also represented Australia in two Paralympic Games including the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Bradley Mark is a New Zealand born Australian shooter who has represented Australia in two Paralympic Games.
Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich from 30 August to 6 September.
The Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 2 September at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.
The Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 9 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.
The Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 11 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.
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Peter Michael Worsley is an Australian sculptor and Paralympic shooter. He became a quadriplegic following a Rugby Union match during his first year at university. He competed at three successive Paralympic Games from 1996 as well as the 1994 FESPIC Games, European and World Shooting Championships in Spain and Korea, Swiss Open Championships, Oceania and other International and National shooting championships.
Ukraine competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Ryan Cockbill is a British sport shooter. In 2012 he represented Great Britain at the Summer Paralympics in London taking part in the R4 and R5 100m air rifle SH2.
Natascha Hiltrop is a German Paralympic sport shooter. She represented Germany at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021. She won the gold medal in the mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the silver medal in the mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 event in 2016.
Veselka Pevec is a Slovenian Paralympic sport shooter. She represented Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won the gold medal in the mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 event.
Olga Kovalchuk is a Ukrainian Paralympic sport shooter. She represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won the silver medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 event in 2016.
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Franček Gorazd Tiršek is a Slovenian sport shooter who has won three silver medals and one bronze at the Paralympic Games.
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