The Ukrainian Shooting Federation () is the national governing body for ISSF shooting sport disciplines in Ukraine.
History In May 2022 it was reported that two well known athletes had been killed fighting in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a Junior, Ivan Bidnyak had medalled at the European Championships in 2005, and had won Ukraine's first shooting quota place to the 2012 Olympic Games. Twenty-one year old Ehor Kihitov was a member of Ukraine's junior team.
In November 2022, Federation President Oleg Volkov called on IOC President Thomas Bach to prevent Russian oligarch Vladimir Lisin from standing for re-election as ISSF President at the 70th General Assembly. This followed calls throughout 2022 for Lisin to step down, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Italian narrowly won the election 136 votes to 127.
World Class Performance Ukraine has produced a number of Olympic and world class shooters, who have won 9 Olympic shooting medals since 2000.
Shooting Medals at the Summer Olympic Games GamesAthletesEventMedal2000Mykola MilchevMen's Skeet2004Olena KostevychWomen's 10m air pistol2008Artur Ayvazyan50m rifle proneOleksandr Petriv25m rapid fire pistolJury Sukhorukov50m rifle 3 positions2012Olena KostevychWomen's 25m pistolWomen's 10m air pistol2016Serhiy KulishMen's 10m Air Rifle2020Oleh OmelchukOlena KostevychMixed 10m air pistol team
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