International Shooting Sport Federation
| ISSF | |
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| Seat | Bavaria |
| founding |
July 17, 1907
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| place | Munich ( headquarters ) |
| president | Vladimir Lisin |
| executive Director | Alexander Ratner ( General Secretary ) |
| Members | 158 associations from 146 countries |
| Website | www.issf-sports.org |
The ISSF ( I nternational S hooting S port F ederation) is the recipient of various shooting disciplines which are operated throughout the world of sport shooters. The association was founded in 1907 as Union Internationale des Fédérations et Associations Nationales de Tir , in 1921 the official name was changed to Union Internationale de Tir (UIT). After the English term International Shooting Union had been used occasionally in previous years, the name was finally changed to ISSF at the 1998 General Assembly in Barcelona .
161 national associations belong to the ISSF ( as of November 2018 ) These include:
- the German Schützenbund ,
- the Federation Luxembourgeoise de Tir - aux Armes Sportives ,
- the Austrian Rifle Federation
- the association of hunting and throwing pigeon shooters Austria and
- the Swiss Shooting Association .
President
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Pierre François Daniel Merillon, 1907–1925 -
Jean Carnot, 1927-1947
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Erik Carlsson, 1947-1960 -
Kurt Hasler; 1960-1976 -
George Andrew Vichos, 1976-1980 -
Olegario Vázquez Raña , 1980-2018 -
Vladimir Lisin , since 2018
Disciplines
gun
The rifle set of rules includes the following disciplines:
- 300 m rifle,
- 300 m standard rifle,
- 50 m rifle and
- 10 m air rifle .
The air rifle is shot standing up. The 50 and 300 m disciplines are shot lying down, standing, kneeling or lying down.
gun
The pistol set of rules includes the following disciplines (the traditional designation in brackets):
- 50 m pistol ( free pistol ),
- 25 m rapid fire pistol ,
- 25 m center fire pistol,
- 25 m standard pistol ,
- 25 m pistol (sport pistol),
- 10 m air pistol and
- 10 m five-shot air pistol.
Throwing disc
The throwing disc rules include the following disciplines:
- Trap
- Automatic trap
- Double trap
- Skeet
Running disc
The running target rules encompass the following disciplines:
- 50 m,
- 50 m mix,
- 10 m and
- 10 m mix.
ammunition
- 300 m: up to caliber 8 mm,
- 50 m: .22 lfB ,
- 25 m: .22 lfB , but with center fire pistol 7.62 mm - 9.65 mm (.30 - .38) and
- 10 m: 4.5 mm (.177) diabolo .
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Statutes, rules and regulations (ePaper, German)
Individual evidence
- ^ The ISSF> Organization. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Alexander Ratner elected ISSF Secretary General. International Shooting Sport Federation, November 30, 2018, accessed October 9, 2019 .
- ↑ THE ISSF HISTORY MILESTONES ( Memento from August 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )