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Maribor (SLO) hosts the 2015 European Shooting Championship in 25m, 50m, 300m and Shotgun events

European Championship 25, 50, 300m, Shotgun · Maribor, SLO

The continental event enlists 37 individual and 34 team events, and it will also assign 21 quota places for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Maribor, Slovenia, is currently hosting the 2015 European Shooting Championship, where the first medals will be assigned today.

 

37 individual and 34 team events will tke place in a span of nine days, from July 21st to July 29th, when more than 1.000 athletes representing 46 countries will battle for the Gold medals and for the Olympic quotas.

 

Indeed, 21 slots for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics will be up for grabs in 11 Olympic Shooting events, while the non-Olympic events will be 10, and they will happen in the 25m, 50m, 50m Running Target and 300m ranges. Junior shooters will also compete for their own 16 continental titles, both in the 25m, 50m and 50m Running Target ranges, and in the Shotgun discipline.

Marco Vettoretti

 

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