Chiara Leone Explained

Chiara Leone
Birth Name:Chiara Leone
National Team:Switzerland
Citizenship:Swiss
Birth Date:15 June 1998
Hometown:Frick, Switzerland
Occupation:Sport Shooter
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Country:Switzerland
Sport:Shooting
Club:SPS Frick
Coach:Enrico Friedemann

Chiara Leone (born 15 June 1998) is a Swiss sports shooter and Olympic champion. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, she won the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle event. She has won two team medals at ISSF World Championships, as well as three medals at ISSF World Cups. She became European Champion in the 50m Rifle Three-Position event at the 2024 European Championships in Osijek.

Sporting career

Leone began shooting in 2007.

In 2022, Leone won World Cup medals at the Cairo and Rio de Janeiro ISSF World Cups. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event with Jan Lochbihler.[1]

At the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, she won a silver medal in the 50m 3-position team event.[2] [3]

At the 2023 ISSF World Championships in Baku, Leone won a gold medal in the 50m Prone Rifle women's team,[4] and a gold medal in the 50m Prone rifle mixed team with Jan Lochbihler.[5] [6] [7] [8]

In January 2024, Leone won her first individual World Cup medal, winning silver in the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle at the Cairo World Cup[9]

In May 2024, Leone became European Champion in the 50m Three Position Rifle at the ESC 25/50/300M Championships in Osijek.[10] [11]

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Leone won the women's 50 metre 3 position rifle.[12] [13] [14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Chiara Leones Olympiatraum lebt . 27 October 2023 . Swiss Shooting . Schweizer Schiesssportverband . 2 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924194215/https://www.swissshooting.ch/de/news/aktuelles/2022/september/portrait-chiara-leone/ . 24 September 2022 . de.
  2. Web site: Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Team – Results. 29 June 2023. 11 August 2023. european-games.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20230721140158/https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/SHO/EG2023_SHO_C73FD2_SHOWR3PWT-------------FNL---------.pdf. 21 July 2023. live.
  3. News: Deschwanden fliegt zu Bronze – Schützinnen holen Silber . 27 October 2023 . SRF . Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen . 29 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230629115544/https://www.srf.ch/sport/mehr-sport/skispringen/european-games-in-polen-deschwanden-fliegt-zu-bronze-schuetzinnen-holen-silber . 29 June 2023 . de.
  4. Web site: ISSF World Championships 2023 RESULTS 50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN . Sius Results . 24 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024151827/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=bac10924-4245-4fd9-ace2-95729469f1d5&FileName=50m/RPRW/4_INDI/I000000TA2308230900.1.RPRW.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 24 October 2023 . en . 23 August 2023 . live.
  5. Web site: ISSF World Championships 2023 RESULTS 50m RIFLE PRONE MIXED TEAM . Sius Results . 24 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024152013/https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=bac10924-4245-4fd9-ace2-95729469f1d5&FileName=50m/RPRMT/4_INDI/I200000TA2308231400.1.RPRMT.0.001.pdf&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . 24 October 2023 . en . 23 August 2023 . live.
  6. News: Tir: trois fois l'or et une fois l'argent pour la Suisse . 24 October 2023 . RTS Sport . RTS Radio Télévision Suisse . 23 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024154609/https://www.rts.ch/sport/tir/14258978-tir-trois-fois-lor-et-une-fois-largent-pour-la-suisse.html . 24 October 2023 . fr.
  7. News: Drei WM-Titel am selben Tag . 24 October 2023 . Swiss Shooting . . 23 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231024153544/https://www.swissshooting.ch/de/news/aktuelles/2023/august/wm-baku-7-tag/ . 24 October 2023 . de.
  8. News: Swiss athletes win gold at 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku . 27 October 2023 . Azertac . Azerbaijan State News Agency . 23 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231027085356/https://azertag.az/en/xeber/swiss_athletes_win_gold_at_2023_issf_world_shooting_championships_in_baku-2738689 . 27 October 2023 . Baku . en.
  9. News: Mammoth score earns McIntosh women's 50m rifle 3 positions gold at Cairo World Cup as Aufrere's final slip hands men's title to Privratsky . 1 February 2024 . . 31 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240131185026/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4175 . 31 January 2024 . en.
  10. Web site: Four more Olympic quota places won in 50m rifle 3 positions at European Championship 25m, 50m and 300m Rifle and Pistol in Osijek . issf-sports.org . International Shooting Sport Federation . 29 May 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240529134303/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4309 . 29 May 2024 . en . 28 May 2024 . live.
  11. Web site: Triple victory for Switzerland! . ESC News . European Shooting Confederation . 29 May 2024 . en . 28 May 2024 .
  12. News: Shooting-Leone keeps women's rifle 3 positions gold in Swiss hands . 2 August 2024 . Reuters . 2 August 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240802110757/https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/shooting-switzerlands-leone-wins-womens-50m-rifle-3-positions-gold-2024-08-02/ . 2 August 2024 . en.
  13. News: Chiara Leone wins Switzerland's first gold in Paris Olympics . 2 August 2024 . Swissinfo.ch . Swiss Broadcasting Corporation . 2 August 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240802110856/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-made/chiara-leone-wins-switzerlands-first-gold-in-paris-olympics/85780819 . 2 August 2024 . en.
  14. News: Swiss Leone wins shooting gold . 2 August 2024 . BBC Sport . 2 August 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240802110824/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/ce9894gy396o . 2 August 2024 . en.