Leonid Aleksandrovich Yekimov (russian: Леонид Александрович Екимов; born 13 September 1987) is a Russian

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. At the

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, he won the junior competition in

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and finished second in

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. The following year, although still a junior, he opted to participate in the open class of the European Championships in

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and helped the Russian team to a gold medal and a new world record, also breaking the junior world record of

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in the qualification round. He then proceeded to defeat teammates

Mikhail Nestruyev Mikhail Valeryevich Nestruyev (russian: Михаил Валерьевич Неструев, born 28 October 1968 in Moscow) is a pistol shooter from Moscow, Russia. He is an all-round shooter, having achieved great successes in all five ISSF pis ...

and Vladimir Isakov in the final, to top a Russian triple victory and win his first international senior title. He defended this gold medal the next year after a qualification score of 591 points, two points below the world record. Yekimov made his Olympic debut in the air pistol competition in

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in 2008, and finished sixth. He was also chosen as

Sergei Alifirenko Sergei Gennadievich Alifirenko (russian: Серге́й Геннадиевич Алифиренко, born 21 January 1959) is a Russian pistol shooter, originally from Armenia, specializing in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event. He was born in Kir ...

's replacement in the rapid fire pistol competition, when Alifirenko, who won gold in Sydney and bronze in Athens, had to withdraw. Although not a renowned rapid fire shooter, Yekimov has won a national competition in the event and when attaining his minimum qualification score for the Olympics, he reached a score of 586 in Munich, only five points behind the world record. In Beijing, Yekimov was in the lead after the first day but dropped to second after the second stage and finally to fourth after the final.Leonid Yekimov
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Performance timelines

50 metre pistol

25 metre rapid fire pistol

25 metre standard pistol

10 metre air pistol

Records

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yekimov, Leonid 1987 births Living people Russian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of Russia European Games competitors for Russia Shooters at the 2015 European Games Universiade medalists in shooting Universiade gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics