Jessica Rossi

Jessica Rossi
Rossi in 2012
Personal information
Born (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992
Cento, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryItalia
SportShooting
EventTrap shooting
ClubFiamme Oro[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 9 2 3
World Cup Final 1 2 0
World Cup 2 5 1
European Championships 2 3 1
Total 15 12 5
Olympic Games
2012 London Trap
World Championships
2009 Maribor Trap
2009 Maribor Trap team
2010 Munich Trap team
2013 Lima Trap
2013 Lima Trap team
2017 Moscow Trap
2018 Changwon Trap team
2022 Osijek Trap team
2023 Baku Trap team
2014 Granada Trap team
2023 Baku Trap
2010 Munich Trap
2017 Moscow Trap team
2019 Lonato Ttrap team
European Games
2023 Kraków-Małopolska Trap
2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team trap
2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed team trap
2019 Minsk Trap
2019 Minsk Mixed team trap
European Championships
2009 Osijek Trap
2012 Larnaca Trap
2019 Lonato Trap
2024 Lonato Team trap

Jessica Rossi (born 7 January 1992) is a female Italian sports shooter.[2] She has won Olympic gold and three world titles in the women's trap event.[3]

Biography

She took up shooting in 2001.[3] Her father Ivan had also competed in shooting for Italy.[4] She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she scored a world record of 75 in the qualification and a world record of 99 in the final.[5] At the time of the 2012 Olympics, she was working as a police officer.[6] She also competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

She has won three world titles in the women's trap, in 2009, 2013 and 2017, alongside silver in 2023 and bronze in 2010.[3] She has also won six world championships in the women's team trap event, in 2009, 2010, 2013 (with Francesca Caporuscio and Silvana Stanco),[8] 2018, 2022 and 2023, alongside silver in 2014, and bronze in 2017 and 2019.[3]

At European level, she won the women's trap event twice (in 2009, and 2013) alongside three silvers (2012, 2019 and 2021) and two bronze medals (2015, 2022), the women's team event twice (in 2019 and 2022, with silver in 2021) and the mixed team event twice (2021 and 2022, with bronze in 2019).[3] She also won two gold medals at the 2023 European Games,[4] one in the women's trap and one in the mixed team trap event, following silver medals in the same events at the 2019 European Games.[3]

In 2013, she was the ISSF women's shooter of the year.[9] She was also selected to be Italy's flag-bearer at the 2020 Olympics.[4]

Records

Current world records held in Trap
Women Qualification 75  Jessica Rossi (ITA) Aug 4, 2012 London (GBR)
Final 99  Jessica Rossi (ITA) (75+24) Aug 4, 2012 London (GBR)
Junior Women Individual 75  Jessica Rossi (ITA) Aug 4, 2012 London (GBR)
Mixed Team Final 47   (Italy)
 Giovanni Pellielo (Italy) 		August 5, 2018 Leobersdorf (Austria)

References

  1. ^ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Tiro a volo" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Jessica Rossi". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Jessica Rossi at ISSF Sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "JESSICA ROSSI". XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024 (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Jessica Rossi records". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Rossi hits record in women's trap". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Jessica Rossi at Olympics.com". Olympics.com. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Jessica Rossi: "I can't stop winning" the new Trap Women World Champ said". ISSF. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Rossi (ITA) and Junghaenel (GER) elected 2013 Shooters of the Year". ISSF. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
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