Niccolò Campriani (born November 6, 1987) is an Italian sport shooter and shooting coach. He competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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in the men's 10 metre air rifle, men's small-bore rifle, three positions, 50 metres and men's small-bore rifle, prone, 50 metres, and at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the men's 10 metre air rifle, winning silver, and in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions, where he won gold with a total of 1278.5 points.

Biography

After participating in the

, achieving his best result in 12th place in the 10 meter rifle, he won the gold medal at Euro 2009. On July 31, 2010 he won the gold medal at the World Shooting Championships in the 10 meter rifle, qualifying for the

. This made him the first Italian to become a world champion in shooting. On July 29, 2012 he won the silver medal at the Olympics in the 10 m rifle final. On August 6, 2012 he won a gold medal at the Olympics in the 50 m three position rifle final. He was also the first Italian in the history of shooting to win an individual world title. In the same competition he also won a bronze medal in the team in the same discipline. In 2011 he earned a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

at the European championships. He also won the gold medal in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the 10m Air Rifle Event on 8 August 2016. In 2018, Campriani was appointed as the shooting coach of the Italian national

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campriani, Niccolo Italian male sport shooters Living people 1987 births Olympic shooters of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Sportspeople from Florence Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for Italy European Games silver medalists for Italy European Games medalists in shooting Universiade medalists in shooting Italian sports coaches Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Universiade gold medalists for Italy West Virginia University alumni Shooters of Fiamme Gialle Shooters of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito

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