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Chiara Leone

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Chiara Leone
Leone holding her gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameChiara Leone
National teamSwitzerland
CitizenshipSwiss
Born (1998-06-15) June 15, 1998 (age 26)
Home townFrick, Switzerland
OccupationSport Shooter
Websitewww.chiaraleone.ch
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportShooting
Events
ClubSPS Frick
Coached byEnrico Friedemann
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 50m rifle 3 positions
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 50m Rifle Prone - Women's Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 50m Rifle Prone - Mixed Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cairo 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rio de Janeiro 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jakarta 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Cairo 50m Rifle 3-Positions
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10 m air rifle team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 50 m rifle 3 positions team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hamar 10m Air Rifle - Mixed Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Wrocław 50m Rifle Prone - Mixed Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Osijek 50m Rifle 3-Positions
Gold medal – first place 2024 Osijek 50m Rifle 3-Positions - Women's Team

Chiara Leone (born 15 June 1998) is a Swiss sports shooter and Olympic champion.[1] At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, she won the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle event. She has won two team medals at ISSF World Championships, as well as three medals at ISSF World Cups. She became European Champion in the 50m Rifle Three-Position event at the 2024 European Championships in Osijek.

Sporting career

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Leone began shooting in 2007.[2]

In 2022, Leone won World Cup medals at the Cairo and Rio de Janeiro ISSF World Cups.[1] She won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event with Jan Lochbihler.[3]

At the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, she won a silver medal in the 50m 3-position team event.[4][5]

At the 2023 ISSF World Championships in Baku, Leone won a gold medal in the 50m Prone Rifle women's team,[6] and a gold medal in the 50m Prone rifle mixed team with Jan Lochbihler.[7][8][9][10]

In January 2024, Leone won her first individual World Cup medal, winning silver in the Women's 50m Three Position Rifle at the Cairo World Cup[11]

In May 2024, Leone became European Champion in the 50m Three Position Rifle at the ESC 25/50/300M Championships in Osijek.[12][13]

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Leone won the women's 50 metre 3 position rifle.[14][15][16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "ISSF Athletes - Chiara Leone". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Chiara Leone | Schweizer Schiesssport Verband" (in German). Schweizer Schiesssportverband. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Chiara Leones Olympiatraum lebt". Swiss Shooting (in German). Schweizer Schiesssportverband. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Shooting – 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Team – Results" (PDF). european-games.org. 29 June 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Deschwanden fliegt zu Bronze – Schützinnen holen Silber". SRF (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ^ "ISSF World Championships 2023 | RESULTS 50m RIFLE PRONE WOMEN" (PDF). Sius Results. 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  7. ^ "ISSF World Championships 2023 | RESULTS 50m RIFLE PRONE MIXED TEAM" (PDF). Sius Results. 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Tir: trois fois l'or et une fois l'argent pour la Suisse". RTS Sport (in French). RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Drei WM-Titel am selben Tag". Swiss Shooting (in German). Schweizer Schiesssportverband. 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Swiss athletes win gold at 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku". Azertac. Baku: Azerbaijan State News Agency. 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Mammoth score earns McIntosh women's 50m rifle 3 positions gold at Cairo World Cup as Aufrere's final slip hands men's title to Privratsky". International Shooting Sport Federation. 31 January 2024. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Four more Olympic quota places won in 50m rifle 3 positions at European Championship 25m, 50m and 300m Rifle and Pistol in Osijek". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. 28 May 2024. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Triple victory for Switzerland!". ESC News. European Shooting Confederation. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Shooting-Leone keeps women's rifle 3 positions gold in Swiss hands". Reuters. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Chiara Leone wins Switzerland's first gold in Paris Olympics". Swissinfo.ch. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Swiss Leone wins shooting gold". BBC Sport. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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