Vincent Hancock
Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989) is an American shooter and Olympic athlete who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (with a then Olympic record) [2] and 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3][4] He is the first skeet shooter to repeat as the Olympic champion.[5][6]
 Hancock at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 19, 1989 Port Charlotte, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Skeet | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2005, at age of 16, Hancock won his first World Championship title in men's skeet and went on to win the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation's Shooter of the Year award. Hancock also won World Championships in 2009 and again in 2015. Vincent qualified for the Olympic team and represented the United States in Rio in 2016.[7]
Hancock with family in 2012.
Hancock was born in Port Charlotte, Florida, but now resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife, Rebekah and their daughters, Bailey and Brenlyn.
Performance timeline
Skeet
Vincent Hancock at the 2008 Summer Olympics men's skeet finals
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| Olympic Games | Not held |  Gold121+24 |
Not held | Gold 123+25 |
Not held | 15th 119 |
Not held | |||||||
| World Championships | 123+25 |
Not held |  Bronze123+24 |
Not held | Gold 124+25 |
5th 123+24 |
67th 119 |
— | 10th 121 |
9th 121 |
Gold 122(16)+16 |
— | — | Gold 125+59 |
| Pan American Games/COTA | Gold 121+25 |
Not held | Gold 122+25 |
Not held | — | Not held | Gold 122+25 |
Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held |
| World Cup 1 | Gold 124+25 |
— | 28th 118 |
4th 121+21 |
— | 4th 122+24 |
7th 122 |
11th 121 |
Gold 123+59 |
— | Gold 125(16)+16 |
4th 121(14)+14 |
— | Gold 123+59 |
| World Cup 2 |  Silver124+24 |
5th 120+24 |
— | — | 10th 121 |
33rd 119 |
4th 122+24 |
— | 12th 120 |
4th 123(15)+14 |
5th 122(14) |
— | Gold 123+59 | |
| World Cup 3 | Gold 123+25 |
— | Gold 125+25 |
Gold 123+24 |
— | 4th 123+21 |
— | — | — | 41st 119 |
44th 117 |
Bronze 123(15)+16 |
— | Gold 123+56 |
| World Cup 4 | Gold 124+25 |
— | — | — | 10th 117 |
Bronze 122+25 |
69th 116 |
— | 33rd 119 |
— | Gold 124(16)+15 |
— | — | |
| World Cup Final | Silver 123+25 |
NQ | DNS | Silver 123+24 |
Silver 122+21 |
— | — | Silver 122+24 |
— | — | Silver 123(16)+15 |
5th 121(14) |
— | |
Records
| Current world records held in skeet[8] | ||||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 125 |  Valerio Luchini (ITA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Georgios Achilleos (CYP) Anthony Terras (FRA) Tammaro Cassandro (ITA) Riccardo Filippelli (ITA) Ralf Buchheim (GER) Vincent Hancock (USA) Vincent Hancock (USA).svg.png.webp){kind=small} Luke Argiro (AUS) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Emmanuel Petit (FRA) |
July 9, 2014 March 9, 2015 April 27, 2015 September 17, 2015 June 10, 2016 July 10, 2016 July 10, 2016 September 14, 2018 March 25, 2019 April 14, 2019 August 22, 2019 September 14, 2019 |
Beijing (CHN) Acapulco (MEX) Larnaka (CYP) Lonato (ITA) San Marino (SMR) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Changwon (KOR) Guadalajara (MEX) Al Ain (UAE) Lahti (FIN) Lonato (ITA) |
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| Final | 60 |  Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (IND) Vincent Hancock (USA) Tomáš Nýdrle (CZE) Luigi Lodde (ITA) |
November 6, 2018 March 25, 2019 July 6, 2019 October 12, 2019 |
Kuwait City (KUW) Guadalajara (MEX) Lonato (ITA) Al Ain (UAE) |
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| Teams | 371 | Italy (Filippelli, Lodde, Rossetti) |
July 10, 2016 | Lonato (ITA) | ||||
| Junior Men | Individual | 125 | Vincent Hancock (USA) |
June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) | |||
References
- Vincent Hancock. sports-reference.com
- "Final Results: Men's Skeet Final". Beijing 2008 Official Website. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
- "Olympics shooting: Vincent Hancock wins skeet gold medal". Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- Tim Hipps (July 31, 2012). "Hancock first Olympic champion to repeat in men's skeet". United States Army News Service. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- David Segal (August 3, 2012). "They Win Gold, but a Pot of It Rarely Follows". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- National Team. USA Shooting. Retrieved on August 13, 2016.
- "Athlete Biography: Vincent Hancock". Beijing 2008 Official Website. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vincent Hancock. |
- Vincent Hancock at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Bio on results.beijing2008.cn
- Bio on "USAShooting.org
- Bio on Army.mil
Olympic champions in men's skeet | |
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1 From 1972 until 1992, the event was open to women as well as men. Zhang is the only woman to have won it. |
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