IPSC Rifle World Shoots

The IPSC Rifle World Shoot is the highest level rifle match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire.^[1] The Rifle World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Shotgun.

The opening ceremony at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot in Russia.

Practical Rifle

Classification	ICS (IPSC Classification System)
Sport	Practical shooting
Founded	In the 1970's
Motto	"Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas" (DVC), Latin for "precision, power, speed"
No. of teams	National teams
Country	Over 100
Venue	Shooting ranges
Confederation	African, Australasian, European and Pan-American Zones
Most recent champion	Jarkko Laukia (2019)
Qualification	Region dependent number of slots. Regional selection procedures.
Level on pyramid	5
Domestic cup	National championships
Related competitions	IPSC Handgun, Shotgun and Action Air World Shoots
Official website	ipsc.org
2024 IPSC Rifle World Shoot

History

The first Rifle World Shoot was originally scheduled to be held in 2006 in Denmark,^[2] but was postponed and later cancelled due to difficulty in arranging enough long range stages.^[3] South Africa later expressed interest in hosting the event, but did not put forward a bid.^{[citation needed]} In 2009 Norway hosted the first European Rifle Championship with most of the top competitors from America, Europe and the rest of the world present. Norway afterwards intended to bid for hosting the first Rifle World Shoot in 2013, but had to withdraw the bid^[4] due to financial reasons and lack of facilities. Russia then successfully bid in 2013 to host the first IPSC Rifle World Shoot in 2016,^[5] and planned to hold the competition at the newly constructed shooting range in Patriot Park near Moscow,^[6] an ideal range for such a large competition.^[7] In order to finish the construction of the new shooting range IPSC approved to reschedule the inaugural championship to 2017. The first IPSC Rifle Championship was therefore held in June 2017. The second IPSC Rifle World Shoot has been awarded to Sweden, and was hosted in Karlskoga during August 2019.^[8]

List of Rifle World Shoots

The following is a list of previous and future World Shoots:

• 2017 Rifle World Shoot, at the Patriot Park, Moscow, Russia.
• 2019 Rifle World Shoot, in Karlskoga, Sweden.
• 2024 Rifle World Shoot, in Oulu, Finland
• 2027 Rifle World Shoot, in Mongolia

Individual Champions

The Gold Medal of the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.

Overall category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open	Teemu Rintala	Raine Peltokoski	Jarkko Laukia	World Shoot I
2017	Standard	Håvard Østgaard	Sami Hautamäki	Timo Vehvilainen	World Shoot I
2017	Manual Open	Roman Khalitov	Egor Khramov	Erik Bjaelkvall	World Shoot I
2017	Manual Standard	Vladimir Chamyan	Andrei Kirisenko	Vladimir Novikov	World Shoot I
2019	Open	Jarkko Laukia	Raine Peltokoski	Vadim Mikhailov	World Shoot II
2019	Standard	Sami Hautamäki	Joseph Easter	Håvard Østgaard	World Shoot II
2019	Manual Open	Jiro Nihei	Stilianos Simeonidis	Erik Bjälkvall	World Shoot II
2019	Manual Standard	Vladimir Chamyan	Vladimir Yakovlev	Andrei Kirisenko	World Shoot II
2024	Open	Kyle Litzie	Eirik Larsen	Raine Peltokoski	World Shoot III
2024	Standard	Sami Hautamäki	Heikki Tikkanen	Kenneth Handberg	World Shoot III
2024	Manual Action Bolt	Dashdemberel Sodnomjamts	Håvar Hommelsgård	Esa Laine	World Shoot III

Lady category

From left to right: Ashley Rheuark, Lena Miculek and Maria Gushchina.

Ashley Rheuark at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open	Lena Miculek	Ashley Rheuark	Maria Gushchina	World Shoot I
2017	Standard	Anastasiya Tereshina	Anna Puzyreva	Elena Merkulova	World Shoot I
2017	Manual Open	Alena Karelina	Irina Perfileva	Tatiana Korobeinik	World Shoot I
2017	Manual Standard	Tatiana Isupova	Olga Axyonkina	Svetlana Kostromina	World Shoot I
2019	Open	Ashley Rheuark	Lena Miculek	Lanny Barnes	World Shoot II
2024	Open	Lena Miculek	Justine Williams	Reetta Paavola	World Shoot III
2024	Standard	Lilian Telanne	Reanna Kadic	Candice Horner	World Shoot III

Lady Senior category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2024	Open	Pia Clerté	Irene Canetta	Elina Karhunen	World Shoot III

Junior category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open	Andrei Kalinin	Albert Gladkovskiy	Dmitry Novikov	World Shoot I
2019	Open	Riley Kropff	Dmitry Novikov	Georgy Shkoda	World Shoot II
2024	Open	Hugo Rinaldo	Samuel Ščepko	Ukko Nikki	World Shoot III
2024	Standard	Arig Naranbaatar	Amir Naranbaatar	Tsovoo Altangerel	World Shoot III

Senior category

Jerry Miculek on top of the podium for the Open Division Super Senior category at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open	Jose Vidanes	Armin Meesit	Jeffrey Cramblit	World Shoot I
2017	Standard	Mikael Kaislaranta	Jan Palka	Vitaly Konev	World Shoot I
2017	Manual Open	Ramazan Mubarakov	Evgeny Efimov	Fabio Egidio Fossati	World Shoot I
2019	Open	Ernest Nagy	Jose Vidanes	Dario Forlani	World Shoot II
2019	Standard	Kelly Neal	Ilkka Siitonen	Vitaly Konev	World Shoot II
2019	Manual Open	Paolo Zambai	Aleksandr Ivashko	Dan Liljeström	World Shoot II
2024	Open	Raine Peltokoski	Jarkko Laukia	Kjetil Edvardsen	World Shoot III
2024	Standard	Sami Hautamäki	Ilkka Siitonen	Margus Riso	World Shoot III
2024	Manual Action Bolt	Esa Laine	Dan Liljeström	Ioannis Kouletsis	World Shoot III

Super Senior category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open	Jerry Miculek	Pertti Karhunen	Peter Kressibucher	World Shoot I
2019	Open	Jerry Miculek	Pertti Karhunen	Ilkka Kervinen	World Shoot II
2024	Open	Linwood Jarrett	Jerry Miculek	Johan Hansen	World Shoot III
2024	Standard	Sverre Idland	Nils Lindbo	Toomas Kutsar	World Shoot III

Grand Senior category

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2024	Open	Massimo Corazzini	Irving Stevenson	Peter Kressibucher	World Shoot III

Teams

Overall teams

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open	Finland	Russia	Norway	World Shoot I
2017	Standard	Finland	Norway	Russia	World Shoot I
2019	Open	Finland	United States	Russia	World Shoot II
2024	Open	United States	Norway	Finland	World Shoot III
2024	Standard	Finland	United States	Norway	World Shoot III
2024	Manual Action Bolt	Mongolia	Norway	Greece	World Shoot III

Lady teams

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open Lady	United States	Russia	Finland	World Shoot I
2024	Open	United States	Finland	Sweden	World Shoot III
2024	Standard	Finland	USA	Mongolia	World Shoot III

Junior teams

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2024	Open	Finland	Norway	Austria	World Shoot III

Senior teams

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2017	Open Senior	United States	Sweden	Italy	World Shoot I
2024	Open	Finland	Norway	United States	World Shoot III
2024	Open	Finland	Germany	Norway	World Shoot III

Super Senior teams

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	World Shoot
2024	Open	United States	Finland	Italy	World Shoot III

See also

• IPSC Handgun World Shoots
• IPSC Shotgun World Shoots
• IPSC Action Air World Shoots
• List of world sports championships