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2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XV held in Bali, Indonesia, was the 15th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Champions Open The Open division had the largest match participation with 353 competitors (34.3 %). ;Individual: ;Teams: Modified The Modified division had 50 competitors (4.9 %). ;Individual: ;Teams: Standard The Standard division had the second largest match participation with 309 competitors (30.1 %). ;Individual: ;Teams: Production The Production division had the third largest match participation with 282 competitors (27.4 %). ;Individual: ;Teams: Revolver The Revolver division had 34 competitors (3.3 %). ;Individual: ;Teams: See also * IPSC Rifle World Shoots * IPSC Shotgun World Shoot * IPSC Action Air World Shoot References IPSC :: Match Results - 2008 Handgun World Shoot, Indonesia {{IPSC Championships 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital, Denpasar, is the most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered Bali's cultural centre. The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s. Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy. Bali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism. It is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. The Indonesian International Film Festival is held every year in Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BJ Norris
BJ Norris is an American sport shooter who in the 2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot took silver in the Open division Junior category. He started shooting competitively in USPSA late in 2000 at age 11, and became really serious about shooting in the 2005 season. Besides being known as an IPSC/ USPSA shooter, he is also well known for his Steel Challenge participation where he became World Champion in 2011. Merits *2005 IPSC Handgun World Shoot Open Junior Silver Medal * 2015 IPSC US Handgun Championship The IPSC US Handgun Championship are yearly IPSC level 3 matches held by the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) run under IPSC-rules (contrary to the USPSA Handgun Championship, which is run under USPSA-rules). Sometimes, all of ... Production Bronze Medal * 2011 Steel Challenge World Champion * 4 time Steel Challenge SteelMaster Division World Champion (2012, 2011, 2009 and 2008) * 3 time Steel Challenge Rimfire Optics Division, World Champion (2011, 2009, 2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Shooting Sports
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IPSC Action Air World Shoot
The IPSC Action Air World Shoot is the highest level Action Air match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC). The Action Air World Shoots are currently held triennially on the same cycle as the IPSC Shotgun World Shoots. The first Action Air World Shoot was be held in 2018 at the KITEC Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong. The second Action Air World Shoot was originally to be held in Sochi, Russia. However, in reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the IPSC cancelled it along with all scheduled and future level 3 and above international competitions in Russia. History * 2018 Action Air World Shoot at the KITEC Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong Individual Champions Overall category Lady category Junior category Senior category Super Senior category See also * IPSC Handgun World Shoots * IPSC Rifle World Shoots * IPSC Shotgun World Shoots * List of world sports championships The following is a list of world sports cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPSC Shotgun World Shoot
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. History The first Shotgun World Shoot was held in 2012 in Debrecen, Hungary, and consisted of 30 stages over 5 days and over 400 competitors. The subsequent 2015 Shotgun World Shoot was held at the "Le Tre Piume" shooting range near Agna, Italy. The match had 30 stages over 5 days, and 635 competitors from 30 nations. The 2018 Shotgun World Shoot was held at the National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France and consisted of 30 stages over 7 days, and 656 competitors from 39 nations. The next Shotgun World Shoot has been awarded to Thailand, and will be held in 2021. List of Shotgun World Shoots * 2012 Shotgun World Shoot in Debrecen, Hungary * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPSC Rifle World Shoots
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. History The first Rifle World Shoot was originally scheduled to be held in 2006 in Denmark, but was postponed and later cancelled due to difficulty in arranging enough long range stages. South Africa later expressed interest in hosting the event, but did not put forward a bid. In 2009 Norway hosted the first European Rifle Championship with most of the top competitors from America, Europe and the rest of the world present. Norway afterwards intended to bid for hosting the first Rifle World Shoot in 2013, but had to withdraw the bid due to financial reasons and lack of facilities. Russia then successfully bid in 2013 to host the first IPSC Rifle World S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Todeschini
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo De Cobos
Eduardo De Cobos (born 20. August 1974) is a Spanish sport shooter and firearms instructor who took bronze in the Production division at the 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot in Châteauroux, France. He also has two gold and one bronze medal from the IPSC European Handgun Championships. Eduardo started shooting as a weekend activity with his father between 1990 and 1992. He had his breakthrough in 1997 taking his first IPSC Spanish Handgun Championship title, and today has over 15 Spanish Handgun titles. Eduardo placed 6th in the Production division at the 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot The 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XV held in Bali, Indonesia, was the 15th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. Champions Open The Open division had the largest match participation with 353 competitors (34.3 %). ;Individual: ;Teams: Modified ... in Bali. References External links Official Facebook Page of Eduardo de Cobos {{DEFAULTSORT:De Cobos, Eduardo Spanish male sport shooters IPS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Horner
Daniel Horner is an American sport shooter and firearms instructor who placed fourth in the Production division at the 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot. He shoots varied action shooting competitions with an emphasis on multigun, and is a 10-time USPSA Multigun Champion in the Tactical division (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). Horner competed for the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit from 2005 to 2018, when he joined Team SIG Sauer. Merits * 10-time USPSA Multigun Champion *4-time 3-Gun Nation Pro Series Champion *2014 NRA World Shooting Champion (event sponsored by Trijicon, dubbed the 'Trijicon World Shooting Championship') *4th place overall in the Production division at the 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoot * 6th place in Open division at the 2009 IPSC European Rifle Championship * IPSC Shotgun National Champion * 2-time IDPA U.S. Champion * 1st Place Team 2014 USASOC International Sniper Competition (with partner Tyler Payne) * 1st Place Team 2012 Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vogel (marksman)
Robert "Bob" Gordon Vogel (born 7 October 1981) is a professional marksman, competition shooter, and National/World champion. He is the only Law Enforcement Officer ever to win World and National Championships in the Practical Pistol Disciplines of IPSC and USPSA. Robert was born and raised on a farm in rural Saint Marys, Ohio where he became heavily involved in shooting, hunting and the outdoors from a very young age. After graduating high school in 2000 he went immediately into a 2-year Police Academy program. It was also at this time that he began competing in practical shooting competitions. At present, Robert is a 2-time world champion and 17-time national champion across 3 disciplines of practical and combat shooting. Besides this, he has been a Police Officer for over 10 years. Eight and a half of those years were spent as a full-time street cop while also being a member of the county's joint-department SWAT team. During that tenure he served as a firearm instructor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Tyc
Adam Tyc (born 5 September 1986) is a Czech sport shooter with two gold medals in the IPSC Production division from the 2005 and 2008 IPSC Handgun World Shoots. At the 2005 World Shoot he was only 18 years old and also became Junior World Champion. He is also two time European champion (2004 and 2007), and has several IPSC Czech Handgun Championship The IPSC Czech Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 3 championship held once a year by the Practical Shooting Association of the Czech Republic. Champions The following is a list of current and previous champions. Overall category Lady ca ... titles. Adam is a member of CZ Shooting Team References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyc, Adam Living people IPSC shooters Czech male sport shooters 1986 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taran Butler
Taran may refer to: Places * Tarane, village in northern Lebanon * Taran, Bulgaria, a village in Smolyan municipality * Taran, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Taran District, the name of a district of Kazakhstan; also, the capital of Taran District * Taran Plateau, Antarctica People * Taran (name), includes people with the given name and surname Other uses * ''Taran'', Russian term for aerial ramming in wartime * A Welsh god, associated with the Gaulish Taranis * ''Rutilus heckelii'' or ''taran'', a species of fish commonly known as roaches *Taran (character), the main character in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' books ** The character appears in Disney's adaptation, '' The Black Cauldron'' * SU-152 "Taran", a 1965 experimental Russian tank destroyer See also * *Taran Taran (other) *Tarn Taran (other) Tarn Taran may refer to: * Tarn Taran Sahib, a city in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, India * Tarn Taran district, a district in Punjab, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
