The Ukrainian Shooting Federation ( uk, Федерація стрільби України) is the national governing body for ISSF shooting sport disciplines in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

History

In May 2022 it was reported that two well known athletes had been killed fighting in the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

. As a Junior, Ivan Bidnyak had medalled at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

in 2005, and had won Ukraine's first shooting quota place to the 2012 Olympic Games. Twenty-one year old Ehor Kihitov was a member of Ukraine's junior team. In November 2022, Federation President Oleg Volkov called on

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President Thomas Bach to prevent Russian oligarch

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from standing for re-election as ISSF President at the 70th General Assembly. This followed calls throughout 2022 for Lisin to step down, following the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

. Italian narrowly won the election 136 votes to 127.

World Class Performance

Ukraine has produced a number of Olympic and world class shooters, who have won 9 Olympic shooting medals since 2000. ;Shooting Medals at the Summer Olympic Games

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* * {{Facebook Shooting sports organizations Organizations based in Kyiv Sports governing bodies in Ukraine