Vincent Hancock
Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989, in Port Charlotte, Florida) is an American shooter and Olympian who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (with a then Olympic record),[2] 2012 Summer Olympics in London and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3][4][5] He is the first skeet shooter to repeat as the Olympic champion.[6][7]
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 19, 1989 Port Charlotte, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Troy University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 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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Biography
In 2005, aged 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. At the age of 20, Hancock wound up winning the gold medal in the World Championships in 2009.[8]
Hancock later attended Troy University in Troy, Alabama, where he graduated in 2014 with a degree in business management.[9] After his graduation, Hancock became a sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, and in 2015, Hancock became the third athlete to ever win three men's skeet World Championship gold medals. He has participated in 9 World Championships.
Following his gold medal win in the 2015 World Championships, Vincent qualified for the Olympic team and represented the United States in Rio in 2016. His performance in the Rio Olympics though fell short, finishing in 15th place.
He qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[10] where he won his third Olympic gold medal, ahead of Jesper Hansen of Denmark and Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait.[11]
Hancock is one of the most decorated shooters in the history of the sport, holding a total of 29 medals from various world competitions, including the Olympics.[12]
Personal life
Hancock resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife, Rebekah and their daughters, Bailey and Brenlyn. Hancock is a Christian.[13]
Performance timeline
Skeet
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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| Olympic Games | Not held |  Gold121+24 |
Not held | Gold 123+25 |
Not held | 15th 119 |
Not held | Gold 122+59 |
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 |
— | — | — |  Silver123(32)+27+35 |
| Pan American Games/COTA | Not held | Not held | Gold 122+25 |
Not held | — | Not held | Gold 122+25 |
Not held | — | 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 |
Gold |
— | — | — |
| World Cup 2 | Silver 124+24 |
5th 120+24 |
— | — | 10th 121 |
33rd 119 |
4th 122+24 |
— | 12th 120 |
4th 123(15)+14 |
5th 122(14) |
— | Gold 123+59 |
— | Not held | — | Silver 125(6)+28+38 | |
| 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 |
Gold |
Not held | Silver |
Gold 123(6)+30+34 |
| World Cup 4 | Gold 124+25 |
— | — | — | 10th 117 |
Bronze 122+25 |
69th 116 |
— | 33rd 119 |
— | Gold 124(16)+15 |
— | — | — | — | Not held | — | — |
| World Cup Final | Silver 123+25 |
NQ | DNS | Silver 123+24 |
Silver 122+21 |
— | — | Silver 122+24 |
— | — | Silver 123(16)+15 |
5th 121(14) |
— | Gold |
Silver |
Not held | — | — |
Records
| Current world records held in skeet[14] | ||||||||
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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) |
9 July 2014 9 March 2015 27 April 2015 17 September 2015 10 June 2016 10 July 2016 10 July 2016 14 September 2018 25 March 2019 14 April 2019 22 August 2019 14 September 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) |
6 November 2018 25 March 2019 6 July 2019 12 October 2019 |
Kuwait City (KUW) Guadalajara (MEX) Lonato (ITA) Al Ain (UAE) |
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| World records held in Skeet from 2005 to 2012 | ||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 125 | Vincent Hancock (USA) Tore Brovold (NOR) Mykola Milchev (UKR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Tore Brovold (NOR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Antonakis Andreou (CYP) Juan José Aramburu (ESP) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Anthony Terras (FRA) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) |
14 June 2007 13 July 2008 9 May 2009 20 May 2009 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 22 April 2011 13 September 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 26 March 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Cairo (EGY) Munich (GER) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Beijing (CHN) Belgrade (SER) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) Tucson (USA) |
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| Final | 150 | Vincent Hancock (USA) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Jan Sychra (CZE) (125+25) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) (125+25) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) (125+25) |
14 June 2007 13 July 2008 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) |
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| 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". BBC Sport. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. 31 July 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- "Vincent Hancock - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- 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.
- "Get 2 know the Texans on the USA shooting team heading to the Tokyo Olympics". 7 July 2021.
- OlympicTalk (2021-06-17). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- "Vincent Hancock Wins Third Career Gold Medal in Men's Skeet Shooting". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- "Vincent Hancock captures third gold as U.S. Sweeps skeet shooting".
- Shields, Christian (26 July 2021). "Vincent Hancock captures 3rd Olympic skeet shooting gold medal, sees platform as witness for Christ". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- "Athlete Biography: Vincent Hancock". Beijing 2008 Official Website. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
External links
- Vincent Hancock at ISSF
- Vincent Hancock at Olympics.com
- Vincent Hancock at Olympedia
- Vincent Hancock at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Bio on results.beijing2008.cn
- Bio on "USAShooting.org
- Bio on Army.mil
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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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