Leonid Yekimov

Leonid Yekimov

Leonid Yekimov at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Born 13 September 1987 (age 27)
Novodvinsk, Russia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Club Russian Army

Leonid Aleksandrovich Yekimov (Russian: Леонид Александрович Екимов; born 13 September 1987) is a Russian sport shooter. At the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, he won the junior competition in 25 metre pistol and finished second in 25 metre standard pistol. The following year, although still a junior, he opted to participate in the open class of the European Championships in 10 metre air pistol and helped the Russian team to a gold medal and a new world record, also breaking the junior world record in the qualification round. He then proceeded to defeat teammates Mikhail Nestruyev and Vladimir Isakov in the final, to top a Russian triple victory and win his first international senior title. He defended this gold medal the next year after a qualification score of 591 points, two points below the world record.[1]

Yekimov made his Olympic debut in the air pistol competition in Beijing in 2008, and finished sixth. He was also chosen as Sergei Alifirenko's replacement in the rapid fire pistol competition, when Alifirenko, who won gold in Sydney and bronze in Athens, had to withdraw. Although not a renowned rapid fire shooter, Yekimov has won a national competition in the event and when attaining his minimum qualification score for the Olympics, he reached a score of 586 in Munich, only five points behind the world record. In Beijing, Yekimov was in the lead after the first day but dropped to second after the second stage and finally to fourth after the final.[2]

Performance timelines

50 metre pistol

2006 2007 2008 2009
Olympic Games Not held Not held
World Championships Not held
European Championships Not held Not held 5th
557+93.5
World Cup 1 2nd Silver
573+92.0
World Cup 2 2nd Silver
562+95.7
8th
562+89.5
World Cup 3 9th
561
16th
560
World Cup 4 5th
563+94.7
World Cup Final NQ 4th
562+92.9
NQ Qualified

25 metre rapid fire pistol

2006 2007 2008 2009
Olympic Games Not held 4th
581+197.2
Not held
World Championships Not held
European Championships Not held Not held
World Cup 1 6th
585+183.8
World Cup 2
World Cup 3 8th
580
World Cup 4
World Cup Final NQ NQ NQ Qualified

25 metre standard pistol

2009
World Championships Not held
European Championships 2nd Silver
575
European Cup 1
European Cup 2
European Cup 3
European Cup 4
European Cup Final Qualified

10 metre air pistol

2006 2007 2008 2009
Olympic Games Not held 5th
582+98.5
Not held
World Championships Not held
European Championships  Gold
588+99.3
 Gold
591+100.3
World Cup 1 3rd Bronze
587+96.4
1st Gold
587+104.0
World Cup 2 2nd Silver
584+102.1
18th
580
World Cup 3 14th
582
2nd Silver
584+102.7
World Cup 4 12th
580
World Cup Final 6th
578+101.3
NQ NQ Qualified

Records

Current world records held in 25 metre pistol
Junior Men Individual 586  Leonid Yekimov (RUS) July 24, 2004 Munich (GER)
Current world records held in 10 metre air pistol
Men Teams 1759  Russia (Isakov, Nestruyev, Yekimov) 16 March 2007 Deauville (FRA)
Junior Men Individual 588  Leonid Yekimov (RUS)
 Lukas Grunder (SUI)
March 16, 2007
May 24, 2009
Deauville (FRA)
Milan (ITA)
Teams 1730  China (Zhang B., He Q., Sun K.) December 20, 2009 Doha (QAT)

References

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  1. EKIMOV, Leonid – RUS. issf-sports.org
  2. Leonid Yekimov. sports-reference.com