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.
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 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
^ ab"ISSF Athletes - Chiara Leone". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^"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.
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