Aleksey Alipov

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.

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Alipov.

Aleksey Alipov

Aleksey Alipov (2010)
Personal information
Full name	Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 (age 49) Moscow, Russian SfSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Shooting
Event	Trap shooting
Club	CSKA Moscow
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2004 Athens Trap 2008 Beijing Trap World Championships 2018 Changwon Mixed Trap 2013 Lima Trap European Games 2015 Baku Trap 2015 Baku Mixed Trap 2019 Minsk Mixed Trap Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Trap 2019 Wuhan Trap Team 2019 Wuhan Mixed Trap

Career

Born in Moscow, he was trained at the Russian Academy of Sport. He participates for the Russian Army Sports Club, based in Moscow.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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
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	—	—	—	—	—