Niccolò Campriani
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Florence, Italy | November 6, 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Retired | 2017[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niccolò Campriani (born November 6, 1987) is an Italian sport shooter and shooting coach.[5] He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing 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 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
[edit]After participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 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 2012 Summer Olympics. This made him the first Italian to become a world champion in shooting.[6] 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.[7] 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 at the European championships. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Niccolò won the gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event on 8 August 2016, and, on 14 August 2016, he won his third olympics gold medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions event.
In 2018, Campriani was appointed as the shooting coach of the Italian national biathlon team.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tiro statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "ESERCITO: TANTE MEDAGLIE PER GLI ATLETI DEL CENTRO SPORTIVO. E IL CONI PREMIA GIULIA DONATO" (in Italian). sportsmall.it. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
TIRO A SEGNO Ai campionati europei di tiro a segno (10 mt.) di Arnhem, nei Paesi Bassi, sabato 7 marzo la squadra italiana di carabina, composta dal Caporale Simon Weithaler, Niccolò Campriani e Enrico Pappalardo, conquista la medaglia d'argento.
- ^ "Que bom, Rio! - Fiamme Gialle" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. 1 September 2016. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
Premiati gli Olimpici: Campriani, Garozzo, Cagnotto, Lodo, Vicino e Montrone
- ^ "Tiro a segno, si ritira il pluricampione Campriani: "Oggi inizia un nuovo capitolo"" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Niccolò Campriani". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Final Spin on the Coaching Carousel Part 3: Norway, Italy, and Russia". International Biathlon Union. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Niccolo Campriani wins 50m three position gold". Retrieved 6 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Niccolò Campriani at ISSF
- Niccolò Campriani at Olympics.com
- Niccolò Campriani at Olympedia
- Niccolò Campriani at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- Italian male sport shooters
- Living people
- 1987 births
- Olympic shooters for 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
- Summer World University Games medalists in shooting
- Italian sports coaches
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
- West Virginia University alumni
- Shooters of Fiamme Gialle
- Shooters of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito