Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989) is an American Army sergeant, sports shooter, and four-time Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in men's skeet shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics (with a then Olympic record),[2] 2012 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, and 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5] He is the first skeet shooter to repeat as the Olympic champion.[6][7]
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| Born | March 19, 1989 Port Charlotte, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Eatonton, Georgia, 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 | Skeet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editIn 2005, at age 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. He won 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 became the third athlete to win three men's skeet World Championships. He has participated in 11 World Championships.[10]
Following his gold medal win in the 2015 World Championships, Hancock represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 15th place.[10]
He qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[11] where he won his third Olympic gold medal, ahead of Jesper Hansen of Denmark and Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait.[12]
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.[13]
Personal life
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Hancock resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife and two daughters. He is an owner of Northlake Shooting Sports, a youth-oriented range focused on clay shooting where he has coached fellow Olympic medalist Conner Prince.[14][15] In 2024, Hancock expressed an interest in shifting attention from Olympic training to the business side of sport shooting and plans to open multiple shooting ranges in the United States,[16] though after winning at Paris he has said he plans to compete in the 2028 games.[17] Hancock is a Christian.[18]
Records
edit| Current world records held in skeet[19] | ||||||||
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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) Luke Argiro (AUS) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Emmanuel Petit (FRA) Tammaro Cassandro (ITA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Stefan Nilsson (SWE) Vincent Hancock (USA) Jesper Hansen (DEN) Vincent Hancock (USA) Azmy Mehelba (EGY) Vincent Hancock (USA)
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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 10 May 2021 27 April 2022 27 April 2022 9 October 2022 7 March 2023 12 July 2023 19 August 2023 19 August 2023 22 October 2023 |
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) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Osijek (CRO) Doha (QAT) Lonato (ITA) Baku (AZE) Baku (AZE) Santiago (CHI) |
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| Final | 60 |  Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (IND) Vincent Hancock (USA) Tomáš Nýdrle (CZE) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Charalambos Chalkiadakis (GRE) Abdullah Al-Rashidi (KUW)
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6 November 2018 25 March 2019 6 July 2019 12 October 2019 11 September 2023 27 September 2023 |
Kuwait City (KUW) Guadalajara (MEX) Lonato (ITA) Al Ain (UAE) Osijek (CRO) Hangzhou (CHN) |
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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)
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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)
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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)
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June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) | |
Performance timeline
editSkeet
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| 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
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— | — | — |
| 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
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Not held | Silver
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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
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Silver
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Not held | — | — |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Vincent Hancock". www.teamusa.com. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ 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. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Vincent Hancock captures third gold as U.S. Sweeps skeet shooting". 26 July 2021.
- ^ Nelson, Brittany (6 March 2024). "Vincent Hancock: The Journey to Olympic Golds". USA Shooting. Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
When Hancock is not busy winning medals, he is running his shooting range, North Lake Shooting Sports, which he opened in 2023.
- ^ Sullivan, Becky (4 August 2024). "Team USA's Vincent Hancock makes history with his 4th Olympic gold in skeet". NPR. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
He opened his own shooting range last year in Texas, where he now coaches younger shooters — among them the silver medalist Prince.
- ^ Chakraborty, Amlan (19 July 2024). "Shooting-Skeet great Hancock targets perfection in Paris". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
I want to have opportunities to build more shooting ranges around the United States.
- ^ "Vincent Hancock of US wins fourth Olympic shooting gold in men's skeet". Reuters. 3 August 2024. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
He also said he would go for gold one more time in Paris, in Los Angeles in 2028, but would increasingly focus on the business aspect of his sport.
- ^ 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
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- Vincent Hancock at ISSF
- Vincent Hancock at Olympics.com
- Vincent Hancock at Olympedia
- Vincent Hancock at Team USA (archive March 18, 2023)
- Vincent Hancock at USA Shooting
- Vincent Hancock at Beijing 2008 Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived August 19, 2008)
- Bio on Army.mil at the Wayback Machine (archived July 15, 2014)
