IPSC Finnish Shotgun Championship

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The IPSC Finnish Shotgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

International Practical Shooting Confederation The international organization for the sport of practical shooting

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.

Finnish Shooting Sport Federation Umbrella organization for shooting sports in Finland

The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, FinnishSuomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (SAL), was founded in 1919 and is an umbrella organization for sport shooting in Finland, representing many international shooting sport organizations in Finland.

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Champions

The following is a list of current and previous champions.

Overall category

YearDivision Gold medal blank.svg Gold Silver medal blank.svg Silver Bronze medal blank.svg BronzeVenue
2009Open Flag of Finland.svg Seppo Nurmi Flag of Finland.svg Niku Vainio Flag of Finland.svg Pieti Marjavaara
2009Modified Flag of Finland.svg Jari Rastas Flag of Finland.svg Mika Riste Flag of Finland.svg Jani Lehtonen
2009Standard Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski Flag of Finland.svg Petri H Runtti Flag of Finland.svg Juha Niemelä
2009Standard Manual Flag of Finland.svg Ari Matero Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Ekberg Flag of Finland.svg Matti Mikkola
2010Open Flag of Finland.svg Petri Runtti Flag of Finland.svg Antti Saar Flag of Finland.svg Marko Pousi
2010Modified Flag of Finland.svg Juha Niemelä Flag of Finland.svg Jari Rastas Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Kaislaranta
2010Standard Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Laukia Flag of Finland.svg Panu Peltonen
2010Standard Manual Flag of Finland.svg Roger Karp Flag of Finland.svg Ari Matero Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Ekberg
2011Open Flag of Finland.svg Niku Vainio Flag of Finland.svg Juha Niemelä Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Vasara
2011Modified Flag of Finland.svg Petri Runtti Flag of Finland.svg Jari Rastas Flag of Finland.svg Jani Lehtonen
2011Standard Flag of Finland.svg Raine Peltokoski Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Laukia Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Niskanen
2011Standard Manual Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kivelä Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Ekberg Flag of Finland.svg Ari Matero
2013Open Flag of Finland.svg Jani Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Nousiainen Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Vasara
2013Modified Flag of Finland.svg Olli-pekka Partanen Flag of Finland.svg Jari Rastas Flag of Finland.svg Harri Svensk
2013Standard Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Laukia Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Rintala Flag of Finland.svg Mika Riste
2013Standard Manual Flag of Finland.svg Ari Matero Flag of Finland.svg Matti Mikkola Flag of Finland.svg Kim Leppänen

Senior category

YearDivision Gold medal blank.svg Gold Silver medal blank.svg Silver Bronze medal blank.svg BronzeVenue
2011Open Flag of Finland.svg Harri Ylinen Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salminen Flag of Finland.svg Rolf Leppänen

See also

The IPSC Finnish Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

The IPSC Finnish Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

The IPSC Finnish Tournament Championship is an IPSC level 3 Tournament championship held once a year by the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.

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Teemu Rintala

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.

Roberto Vezzoli is an Italian sport shooter who won the 2015 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot Standard division title. At the IPSC European Handgun Championship he took bronze in the Modified division in 2010, and silver in the Classic division in 2013. He also has a total of five Italian championship titles.He is the Beretta Shooting Team Handgun captain from 2018 and he was involved in the development of Beretta 92X Performance.

Roman Khalitov is an Russian competition shooter who took gold at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot in the Manual Open division and silver at the 2015 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot in the Open division. At the 2018 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot he placed fifth in the Open division with a 94.19 % score. He also has four podium finishes from the IPSC Russian Shotgun Championship, and one silver medal from the IPSC Russian Handgun Championship (2015).

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