2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot

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2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
Logo of the 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
VenueNational Shooting Center, Châteauroux
DatesOpening Ceremony: 27. August
Main Match: 28. August - 2. September
Shoot-Off: 3. September
Awards: 3. September
Competitors1506[1] from 76 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each area being named after and having themes from one of the 5 continents Africa, Asia, America, Australia or Europe.[2]

The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner Ben Stoeger from USA finishing under half a point in front of Russian shooter Pavel Torgashov, pushing him down into second place with the very close final score of 99.98 %. Production division arguably had the toughest top ten competition, with a margin of only 3.8 % between first and ninth place. Maria Gushchina from Russia made an impressive performance placing both first in Lady Production and sixth in Production Overall.

Match info[edit]

The match was very varied with many moving targets, and some stages had targets placed at distances up to 50 meters. The French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel mada an appearance showing support for the French Standard division shooter Eric Grauffel.[3]

Champions[edit]

Open[edit]

The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors (27 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold Spain Jorge Ballesteros 2292.6920 100.00%
Silver United States Simon Racaza 2258.4526 98.51%
Bronze France Emile Obriot 2235.9699 97.53%
4th Brazil Jaime Roberto Maia Saldanha Junior 2212.1884 96.49%
5th United States KC Eusebio 2205.8379 96.21%
6th United States Max Michel 2195.1046 95.74%
7th Australia Brodie McIntosh 2189.7488 95.51%
8th Philippines Edcel John Gino 2186.5513 95.37%
9th Netherlands Saul Kirsch 2160.1327 94.22%
10th Italy Cosimo Panetta 2106.5474 91.88%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Australia Karla Blowers 1853.2722 80.83% 100.00%
Silver United States Jessie Duff 1824.5493 79.58% 98.45%
Bronze United States Kaci Lynn Cochran 1797.8368 78.42% 97.01%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Brazil Mauro Kenji Murakami 1626.4381 70.94% 100.00%
Silver United States Clement Caesar Ho 1515.9715 66.12% 93.21%
Bronze Thailand Dangdee Hongdalud 1456.6312 63.53% 89.56%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Belgium Frank Witters 1930.4595 84.20% 100.00%
Silver Spain Jose Zanon Blasco 1877.1794 81.88% 97.24%
Bronze Italy Daniele Barbizzi 1851.2000 80.74% 95.89%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold France Thierry Obriot 1743.5679 76.05% 100.00%
Silver Thailand Wat Srijinta-Angkul 1616.6611 70.51% 92.72%
Bronze France Philippe Gibert 1585.0496 69.13% 90.91%
Teams Open
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6381.7162 100.00% Max Michel, Chris Tilley, Shannon Smith, William Drummond
Silver  Australia 6237.1700 97.73% Brodie McIntosh, Rhys Arthur, David McConachie, Gareth Graham
Bronze  Spain 6215.0775 97.39% Jorge Ballesteros, Ivan Espilez Urbon, Javier Gonzalez Perez, Jose Zanon Blasco
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 5318.7200 100.00% Jessie Duff, Kaci Lynn Cochran, Sloan Sanders, Lisa Munson
Silver  Australia 5148.8697 96.81% Karla Blowers, Natalie Anderson, Linda Blowers
Bronze  South Africa 4397.9664 82.69% Alexis Biermann, Kirsty Bohler, Susan Kriel, Ets Van Den Berg
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Italy 5347.7081 100.00% Daniele Barbizzi, Paolo Ravizzini, Giuseppe Todaro, Salvatore Luigi Garau
Silver  United States 5085.1089 95.09% Steven Thomas, Kerry Pearson, Leighton Oosthuisen, Michael Voigt
Bronze  France 5071.1239 94.83% Thierry Obriot, Patrice Martin, Jean Luc Desagneaux, Bruno Grasso

Standard[edit]

The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors (25.2 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold France Eric Grauffel 2336.5047 100.00%
Silver United States Robert Vogel 2274.2809 97.34%
Bronze United States Nils Jonasson 2233.6302 95.60%
4th United States Shane Coley 2156.8738 92.31%
5th Philippines Edward Rivera 2156.2811 92.29%
6th Spain Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz 2132.4514 91.27%
7th Philippines Kahlil Adrian Viray 2100.7726 89.91%
8th Italy Bolzoni, Giacomo 2095.9794 89.71%
9th Indonesia Djajadiningrat, Vincentius 2094.9076 89.66%
10th Philippines Joseph Jr Bernabe 2070.4669 88.61%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Switzerland Christine Burkhalter 1683.3174 72.04% 100.00%
Silver United States Ashley Rheuark 1623.8095 69.50% 96.46%
Bronze Norway Hilde Nakling 1603.7359 68.64% 95.27%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Philippines Kahlil Adrian Viray 2100.7726 89.91% 100.00%
Silver Philippines Rolly Nathaniel Tecson 2020.9968 86.50% 96.20%
Bronze Brazil Mario Batista Neto 1711.4648 73.25% 81.47%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold United States Emanuel Bragg 2056.1766 88.00% 100.00%
Silver Austria Reinhard Handl 1880.0447 80.46% 91.43%
Bronze Italy Adriano Ciro Santarcangelo 1839.4971 78.73% 89.46%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Italy Esterino Magli 1653.0679 70.75% 100.00%
Silver Brazil Lucimar Domingues Oliveira 1628.5223 69.70% 98.52%
Bronze Philippines Israelito Pible 1521.2420 65.11% 92.03%
Teams Standard
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6499.8175 100.00% Robert Vogel, Shane Coley, Blake Miguez, Emanuel Bragg
Silver  Philippines 6327.5206 97.35% Edward Rivera, Kahlil Adrian Viray, Joseph Jr Bernabe, John Paul Santiaguel
Bronze  France 6121.7117 94.18% Eric Grauffel, Louis Guichard, Julien Boit, Jerome Poiret
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Russia 3921.9005 100.00% Elena Efimova, Anastasia Chernenko, Tatiana Makarova, Marina Zagulyaeva
Silver  Norway 3894.3731 99.30% Hilde Nakling, Ingunn Marie Edvardsen, Tone Tsigakis Ostreng, Eirin Grotan Kirknes
Bronze  Germany 3603.5867 91.88% Petra Tutschke, Sabine Wurster, Rita Burkhart, Frauke Mansion
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Italy 5203.2598 100.00% Leonardo Bettoni, Paolo Paoletti, Mauro D'alessandro, Fabrizio Pesce
Silver  Austria 4981.9162 95.75% Reinhard Handl, Gottfried Post, Thomas Birner, Hubert Muehlbacher
Bronze  Russia 4765.5773 91.59% Ilya Gubin, Evgeny Petrushin, Evgeny Efimov, Vasil Kurbatskikh

Production[edit]

The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors (32.3 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold United States Ben Stoeger 2192.6068 100.00%
Silver Russia Pavel Torgashov 2192.1999 99.98%
Bronze Spain Eduardo de Cobos 2171.0655 99.02%
4th Serbia Ljubisa Momcilovic 2168.9336 98.92%
5th United States Salvador Luna 2153.9707 98.24%
6th Russia Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23%
7th Czech Republic Robin Sebo 2139.5718 97.58%
8th Russia Alexey Pichugin 2126.0606 96.97%
9th Czech Republic Michal Stepan 2109.2680 96.20%
10th Sweden Magnus Johansson 2051.1369 93.55%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Russia Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23% 100.00%
Silver Italy Violetta Boehm 1637.8093 74.70% 76.04%
Bronze United States Randi Rogers 1626.8851 74.20% 75.53%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Russia Nikita Nemykin 1784.5432 81.39% 100.00%
Silver France Baptiste Felt 1663.7601 75.88% 93.23%
Bronze Russia Danila Pakhomov 1650.9516 75.30% 92.51%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Slovakia Jan Palka 1873.4312 85.44% 100.00%
Silver United States Frank William Garcia 1826.8258 83.32% 97.51%
Bronze United States Angus Hobdell 1807.3518 82.43% 96.47%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Germany Heribert Bettermann 1571.3016 71.66% 100.00%
Silver South Africa Rob Hopper 1526.7821 69.63% 97.17%
Bronze Germany Max Wiegand 1401.6426 63.93% 89.20%
Teams Production
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Russia 6472.0877 100.00% Pavel Torgashov, Maria Gushchina, Alexey Pichugin, Nikolai Onshin
Silver  United States 6385.0989 98.66% Ben Stoeger, Salvador Luna, Brian Norris, Casey Reed
Bronze  Czech Republic 6285.5205 97.12% Robin Sebo, Michal Stepan, Miroslav Zapletal
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 4643.1730 100.00% Randi Rogers, Sara Taylor, Candice Juliano, Cindi Thomas
Silver  Italy 4370.9652 94.14% Violetta Boehm, Ilaria Giunchiglia, Lucia Caroli, Marianna Limarova
Bronze  Russia 4329.1863 93.24% Ekaterina Gordienko, Irina Gorbacheva, Ekaterina Tabachenko, Inna Deledivka
Junior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Russia 5072.3002 100.00% Nikita Nemykin, Danila Pakhomov, Dmitry Novikov, Kirill Fedorov
Silver  France 4479.0522 88.30% Baptiste Felt, Paul Dagorno, Baptiste Jazet
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 5187.9415 100.00% Frank William Garcia, Gilberto Perez, Gordon Carrell, Brad Bolz
Silver  Italy 5049.8855 97.34% Giovanni Zuccolo, Davide Cerrato, Valter Tranquilli, Mario Piccioni
Bronze  Germany 4643.6190 89.51% Joerg Haben, Rolf Dieter Reich, Frank Weuster, Olaf Van Essen

Classic[edit]

The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors (10.9 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold United States Elias Frangoulis 2191.6388 100.00%
Silver Philippines Jeufro Emil Lejano 2076.8448 94.76%
Bronze Philippines Jethro Dionisio 2076.6685 94.75%
4th United States Phil Strader 2046.0685 93.36%
5th United States Jeremy Reid 2044.9257 93.31%
6th Philippines Lenard Lopez 2010.0355 91.71%
7th Germany Gregory Midgley 2007.3307 91.59%
8th Italy Roberto Vezzoli 2004.0773 91.44%
9th Philippines Wilfredo Jr Martin 1962.1684 89.53%
10th Italy Edoardo Buticchi 1939.6316 88.50%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold United States Julie Golob 1602.0253 73.10% 100.00%
Silver Serbia Jelena Savkovic 1483.0726 67.67% 92.57%
Bronze Philippines Grace Tamayo 1446.0789 65.98% 90.27%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Italy Edoardo Buticchi 1939.6316 88.50% 100.00%
Silver Thailand Narongsak Kaewmuangpet 1831.7240 83.58% 94.44%
Bronze Italy Guido Ciccarelli 1791.1485 81.73% 92.34%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold France Joel Gerard 1531.7793 69.89% 100.00%
Silver Canada Randy Fisher 1471.1048 67.12% 96.04%
Bronze Denmark Gert Erling Hansen 1349.6862 61.58% 88.11%
Teams Classic
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6124.3587 100.00% Elias Paul Frangoulis, Jeremy Reid, Randall Arrowood, Rob Leatham
Silver  Philippines 5989.5014 97.80% Jeufro Emil Lejano, Wilfredo Jr Martin, Bernardo Mari V Alejandro, William Magalong
Bronze  Italy 5827.5639 95.15% Roberto Vezzoli, Edoardo Buticchi, Alessandro Pettinelli, Guido Ciccarelli
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 5083.1075 100.00% John Allen Koppi, Harold Arthur Christy, Lyle Keith Dilworth, Robert Novak
Silver  France 4736.8887 93.19% Michel Nestolat, Denis Altuna, Joel Gerard, Philippe Rouge
Bronze  South Africa 4485.2870 88.24% Dion Du Bruyn, Wayne Hammond, Abraham Jansen Van Vuuren, Jan Van Den Berg

Revolver[edit]

The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors (4.6 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold United States Michael William Poggie 2307.0044 100.00%
Silver Austria Gerald Reiter 2262.3355 98.06%
Bronze United States Joshua Lentz 2258.5747 97.90%
4th Germany Sascha Back 2195.9996 95.19%
5th United States Rich Wolfe 2126.9147 92.19%
6th United States David Olhasso 2126.5723 92.18%
7th Denmark Henrik Nielsen 2078.7244 90.10%
8th Brazil Moacir de Azevedo 2051.0417 88.91%
9th Sweden Kalle Halvarsson 2026.2984 87.83%
10th Germany Markus Schneider 2016.9749 87.43%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Russia Vera Treskova 1337.2981 57.97% 100.00%
Silver Russia Olga Kuznetsova 935.8880 40.57% 69.98%
Bronze Russia Daria Zharkova 819.4597 35.52% 61.28%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Brazil Moacir de Azevedo 2051.0417 88.91% 100.00%
Silver Germany Markus Schneider 2016.9749 87.43% 98.34%
Bronze Sweden Olof Lindskog 1763.4999 76.44% 85.98%
Teams Revolver
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6692.4938 100.00% Michael William Poggie, Joshua Lentz, Rich Wolfe, David Olhasso
Silver  Germany 5989.9135 89.50% Sascha Back, Markus Schneider, Guenther Knaus, Holger Joest
Bronze  Austria 5973.9100 89.26% Gerald Reiter, Johann Lang, Markus Pack, Robert Kroiss

Medal table[edit]

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 13 7 5 25
2  Russia 5 3 5 13
3  Italy 4 3 4 11
4  France 3 2 5 10
5  Australia 2 1 1 4
6  Philippines 1 4 3 8
7  Germany 1 2 3 6
8  Spain 1 1 2 4
9  Brazil 1 1 1 3
10  Sweden 1 0 1 2
11  Belgium 1 0 0 1
12  Slovakia 1 0 0 1
13  Austria 0 3 0 3
14  South Africa 0 2 2 4
15  Thailand 0 2 1 3
16  Norway 0 1 1 2
17  Canada 0 1 0 1
18  Serbia 0 1 0 1
19  Denmark 0 0 1 1
Total 34 34 34 102

Shoot-Off side event[edit]

On Sunday 3 September, the Shoot-Off side event was held in an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup format where the competitors shot at falling steel targets (called poppers). The top 10 finishing overall and category shooters from the Main Match were qualified for the Shoot-Off. To win a round, a competitor would have to hit all his steel targets and reach the middle middle target before the other competitor. The Shoot-Off consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals, bronze and gold finals.[4]

Division Category Gold Silver Bronze
Open Overall Spain Jorge Ballesteros United States Simon Racaza France Emile Obriot
Lady United States Jessica Duff United States Kaci Lynn Cochran United States Sloan Sanders
Junior United States Clement Caesar Ho Brazil Mauro Kenji Murakami Thailand Dangdee Hongdalud
Senior Spain Jose Zanon Blasco Sweden Johan Hansen Brazil Augusto Ribas
Super Senior France Philippe Gibert Thailand Wat Srijinta - Angkul Brazil Roberto Saldanha
Standard Overall United States Shane Coley United States Nils Konrad Jonasson France Eric Grauffel
Lady Switzerland Christine Burkhalter Australia Claire Giles Norway Hilde Nakling
Junior Philippines Kahlil Adrian Viray Thailand Saditkorn Chomrit Philippines Rolly Nathaniel Tecson
Senior Italy Adriano Santarcangelo Italy Leonardo Bettoni United States Emanuel Bragg
Super Senior Italy Esterino Magli Brazil Lucimar Domingues Oliveira Philippines Benjamin Jr Belarmino
Production Overall Serbia Ljubiša Momčilović United States Benjamin Stoeger Spain Eduardo de Cobos
Lady Russia Maria Guschina France Margaux Nycz Italy Violetta Boehm
Junior Russia Nikita Nemykin France Baptiste Felt Australia James Phegan
Senior Italy Giovanni Zuccolo United States Gordon Carrell United States Gilberto Perez
Super Senior South Africa Rob Hopper Brazil Maoro Guimaraes -
Classic Overall United States Elias Frangoulis Philippines Jeufro Emil Leujano Philippines Jethro Dionisio
Lady United States Julie Golob Serbia Jelena Savković Philippines Grace Tamayo
Senior Italy Edoardo Buticchi Thailand Narongsak Kaewmuanpet -
Super Senior Denmark Gert Erling Hansen France Joël Gerard -
Revolver Overall United States Michael William Poggie United States David Olhasso Denmark Henrik F. Nielsen
Senior Brazil Moacir De Azevedo Germany Markus Schneider Netherlands Eric Cornelissen

CZ Super Six side event[edit]

Another side event on Sunday 3 September was the Super Six finals sponsored by CZ,[3] where six of the best Overall and Lady shooters in the Production, Standard and Open divisions participated. Three of the Main Match stages were shot again by one competitor at a time in an elimination cup format based on their hit factor scores. Stage 16 was the first cut, afterwards stage 15 was the semifinal and lastly stage 17 was the final between the two best shooters.

Division Category Gold Silver Bronze
Open Overall United States Simon Racaza France Emile Obriot Spain Jorge Ballesteros
Lady United States Jessica Duff United States Sloan Sanders -
Standard Overall France Eric Grauffel United States Nils Konrad Jonasson United States Shane Coley
Lady United States Ashley Rheuark Denmark Sissal Skaale Australia Claire Giles
Production Overall Czech Republic Michal Štěpán Serbia Ljubiša Momčilović Russia Maria Gushchina
Lady Russia Maria Gushchina France Margaux Nycz Sweden Cecilia Lindberg

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2017 Handgun World Shoot - Division Participation Listing
  2. ^ Live Match Report IPSC World Shoot France - all4shooters.com
  3. ^ a b CZ Shooting Team blog: CZ at the 2017 Handgun World Shoot: Maria Gushchina Triple World Champion! (Czech: Česká zbrojovka a.s. na Handgun World Shoot 2017: Maria Gushchina trojnásobnou mistryní světa!)
  4. ^ "WS XVIII Shoot off results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

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