Aleksey Alipov | |
Fullname: | Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1975 |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian SfSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
Height: | 1.76 m |
Weight: | 85 kg |
Country: | Russia |
Sport: | Shooting |
Event: | Trap shooting |
Club: | CSKA Moscow |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov (Russian: Алексей Александрович Алипов, born 7 August 1975) is a Russian olympic Trap shooter. He is the 2004 Olympic champion in that discipline.
Born in Moscow, he was trained at the Russian Academy of Sport. He participates for the Russian Army Sports Club, based in Moscow.
He competed at the 2000 Sydney Games where he finished ninth, but he achieved his ambition on 15 August 2004 at the Athens Olympics after a flawless final round in which he was on target with all 25 shots to finish with an overall score of 149 out of 150, beating Italy's Giovanni Pellielo into the silver medal position, while Australia's Adam Vella took bronze.
His hobbies include hunting and fishing, and he was in 2006 ranked eighth in the world in Trap by the International Shooting Sport Federation.[1]
Olympic results | |||||||
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Event | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | |
Trap | 9th 114 | Gold 124+25 | Bronze 121+21 | 13th 120 | 7th 117 | 8th 122+10 | |
Double trap | 14th 131 | — | — | — | — | — |