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“Shooter of the Year” trophy to Kim and Campriani

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Changwon, KOR

Olympic Champions Niccolò Campriani of Italy and Kim Jangmi of Korea were awarded the 2012 Shooter of the Year trophies at today’s Opening Ceremony of the 2013 ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea.

The ISSF Secretary General Franz Schreiber and the ISSF Vice-President Gary Anderson awarded the 2012 ISSF Shooter of the Year trophies to the Olympic Champions Niccolò Campriani of Italy and Kim Jangmi of Korea. The award was staged during today’s opening ceremony at the 2013 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Changwon, Korea.

 

The ”Shooter of the Year” trophy is recognized to those shooters who stood out for their unique performances, behaviour and character during the past season.

 

Campriani and Kim were voted as the two best shooters of the 2012 season by a panel including the members of the Athletes Committee, of the Coaches Advisory Board and by the international sport press. The announcement had been made at the end in December 2012, but the official award ceremony took place today, in front of the 300 athletes participating in the ISSF World Cup in Changwon.

 

Kim Jangmi, 20, form Incheon, Korea, secured the female title with 83 points, finishing in first with five points of advantage on the five-time Olympic medallist Kim Rhode of USA. During the 2012 season, Kim won the 25m Pistol Women Olympic Gold medal in London, establishing a new Olympic Record go 792.4 points. Kim also won the 2012 ISSF World Cup Final in Bangkok, as well as the pre-Olympic World Cup Stage in London, where she set a new Final World Record of 796.9 points. Kim, who had finished in the spotlights by winning the Youth Olympic Games back in 2010, is also a skilled Air Pistol shooter, as she proved at the 2012 Asian Championships in Doha, where she pocketed the 10m Air Pistol Women Gold medal.

 

Niccolò “Nicco” Campriani, a 1987's engineer from Italy, secured the Shooter of the Year title with 108 points, with 20 points of lead over the Belarusian Olympic Champion Martynov. Campriani reached outstanding results during the 2012 Season. Starting off with an individual Silver medal at the 2012 European Championships, he led then the ISSF World Cup Series, winning three Gold, one Silver and one Bronze medals in London, Milan and Munich. The London Games were the coronation of such great season. There, Campriani secured Gold in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions event, and Silver in the 10m Air Rifle Men event, establishing two Olympic records in the first event, and equalling the Olympic record in the latter.

Marco Dalla Dea

 

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