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26 USA Shooting News | Olympic Preview Issue 2012

Men’s 50m Free Pistol

Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

Men’s 10m Air Pistol

Women’s 25m Pistol

Women’s 10m Air Pistol

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Olympic Preview Issue 2012 | USA Shooting News 27

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The pistol athletes that will represent the USA in the 2012 Olympic Games are perhaps the strongest pistol team to ever don the Red, White and Blue. Over the past four years, these six athletes have amassed 11 World Cup and World Cup Final medals and appeared in 25 finals. That’s not to mention the four 2011 Pan American Games medals and five appearances in the finals from Guadalajara, Mexico. “I’m excited about the talent of our 2012 pistol Olympians,” said National Pistol Coach Sergey Luzov. “Every athlete has the potential to win a medal, and we will do our best to bring home top performances.”

Returning 2008 Men’s 10m Air Pistol bronze medalist Jason Turner looks to watch the Stars and Stripes rise above the rest. In 2008, Turner was awarded his bronze after the medal ceremony when North Korean Kim Jong Su tested positive for propranolol. Though his teammates honored him at the USA House, Turner is eager to return and prove his readiness.

1996 Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol Olympic silver medalist Emil Milev brings the experience of four Olympic Games, previously shoot-ing for Bulgaria. For this physical education teacher from Tampa, another Olympic Team wasn’t something he planned on when he moved to the USA in 2003. “I was thinking after 2007, I will stop [shooting] and this will be it,” said Milev. “But I like shooting and I kept coming to Nationals and kept practicing from time to time and slowly my results improved and it all just happened.”

Two athletes on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team hail from the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program and train full-time at the

U.S. Olympic Training Center: Daryl Szarenski and Keith Sanderson. Both Szarenski (three-time Olympian), and Sanderson (2008 Olympian) earned five international medals from the World Cup series in the past four years. Moreover, in Szarenski’s two events—Men’s 50m Free Pistol and Men’s 10m Air Pistol—he qualified for an impressive 11 finals. Sanderson, the current owner of the Olympic Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol qualification re-cord at 583 points, is hungry for a medal. He missed the medal stand by just 2.8 points in Beijing with difficulty in the final; however, the new finals format (points earned through hits) should prove interesting on the Olympic stage.

First-time Olympians Nick Mowrer and Sandra Uptagrafft may not have the five-ring experience yet, but their performances of late indicate a state of preparation second to none. Mowrer, the 2011 Men’s 50m Free Pistol Champion, made the final at the 2011 ISSF World Cup Milan by tying his personal best of 562 points. The past two years, his scores have continued to in-crease under the direction of Luzov.

Uptagrafft, who fought for her Olympic spot the past 16 years, finally earned her berth at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Smallbore in Fort Benning, Ga. Her husband, Eric, will also be joining her in London as a member of the rifle team. And it couldn’t get more perfect as they will celebrate their anniver-sary just two days after completing their events in London. She will shoot for the USA in both Women’s 25m Sport Pistol and Women’s 10m Air Pistol.

Pistol Team Poised for Medals in London

First-time Olympian Nick Mowrer is

catching the attention of the pistol

world. After moving to the U.S.

Olympic Training Center three years

ago, Mowrer’s scores have steadily risen

to a world-class level through hard

work earning the honor of Olympian.

Mowrer set a personal best at the 2011

National Championships in Men’s 50m

Free Pistol and has continued to push

the barrier, making his first ISSF World

Cup final in Milan in May.

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Daryl Szarenski Men’s 10m Air Pistol | Men’s 50m Free Pistol

Date of Birth: 03/14/1968

hometown: Seale, Ala. birthplace: Saginaw, Mich.

firearm: TTOZ (Free) and Steyr (Air)

Competition Highlights– 2012 World Cup London, 7th Place (Free)– 2011 Pan American Games, Silver Medalist (Free)– 2011 Pan American Games, Gold Medalist (Air)– 2010 World Cup Final, Gold Medalist (Free)– 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Team Member

Personal

Sergeant First Class Daryl Szarenski of the

U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program

began shooting in 1979 when his

father enrolled him in a junior shooting

program. He studied Industrial Technol-

ogy at Tennessee Tech University on a

rifle scholarship, where he was a member

of both the pistol and rifle teams. Away from

the range, Daryl enjoys fishing, sailing and

raising his own beef. He is married to Amy, a

former member of the National Pistol Team.

They have two children that are also involved in

the shooting sports: Hannah and Luke.

Photo Tom Kimmell


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Jason Turner Men’s 10m Air Pistol


hometown: Rochester, NY birthplace: Rochester, NY

firearm: Morini

Competition Highlights– 2012 National Championships, Gold Medalist – 2008 Olympic Games, Bronze Medalist – 2007 Pan American Games, Gold Medalist – 2007 National Championship, Gold Medalist – 2004 Olympian

Personal

Jason shot competitively at the Rochester Rifle

Club from 1987–1996. He shot rifle for four years

before switching to pistol. He spends his free

time playing softball and golf. In addition

to his role as a Resident Athlete at the

U.S. Olympic Training Center, Jason also

works at a popular restaurant as a bar-

tender. In the future, Jason would like to

be a shooting coach or work in profes-

sional sports. After his bronze medal

in Beijing, Jason was honored by his

hometown of Rochester, N.Y., with

both the “Key to the City” and distinc-

tion of Rochester Athlete of the Year. A

fan of the New York Yankees and Buf-

falo Bills, this All-American athlete also

enjoys a rare ribeye as his favorite food.Photo Tom Kimmell

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Sandra Uptagrafft Women’s 10m Air Pistol | Women’s 25m Sport Pistol


hometown: Phenix City, Ala. birthplace: Singapore

firearm: Feinwerkbau (Air and Sport)

Competition Highlights– 2011 Pan American Games, Silver Medalist (Sport)– 2011 Pan American Games, Bronze Medalist (Air)– 2011 National Championships, Silver Medalist (Air), Gold Medalist (Sport)– 2010 World Championship, 8th Place (Air)– 2007 Pan American Games, Gold Medalist (Sport)

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Nick Mowrer Men’s 50m Free Pistol


hometown: Miles City, Mont. birthplace: Butte, Mont.

firearm: Morini

Competition Highlights– 2012 National Championships, Silver Medalist (Free)– 2012 World Cup Milan, 8th Place (Free)– 2011 National Championships, Gold Medalist (Free)– 2011 Pan American Games, 6th Place (Free)– 2010 Championships of the Americas, 5th Place (Air),

9th Place (Free)– 2008 National Junior Olympic Championships,

Gold Medalist (Free & Air)

Personal

Nick grew up shooting with his parents and

developed a love for the sport. His mother, Zona,

worked with a man who introduced Nick to NRA

Highpower rifle competition. In the winter,

Nick also participated in NRA Bullseye Pistol

Leagues, and found his niche. He was the four-

time aggregate Collegiate Pistol Champion

in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He was the

NRA National Rifle Junior Champion in Camp

Perry, Ohio in 2008. He grew up hunting and

fishing in Montana and also participated in

competitive baseball. Nick was also on the

Montana All-Star baseball team in 2000.

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Keith Sanderson Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol


hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. birthplace: Plymouth, Mass.

firearm: Pardini

Competition Highlights– 2011 World Cup Final Wroclaw, Bronze Medalist– 2011 World Cup Changwon, Silver Medalist– 2009 World Cup Beijing, Gold Medalist– 2008 Olympic Games, 5th Place– 2005 Military Rapid Fire World Champion

Personal

Sergeant First Class Keith Sanderson started shooting

in 1996 in Marine Corps matches. He spent eight

years in the Marine Corps and eight years in the U.S.

Army and was the Chief Marksmanship Instructor

for Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Keith is currently a

member of the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete

Program. Keith won an unprecedented three

medals (one gold, one silver and one bronze)

in three World Cups in 2009.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing,

Sanderson shot a new Olympic match

record score of 583 points to lead the

field headed into the final. After a

disappointing final, he finished fifth

overall. Sanderson has been on top

of his Game this quadrennial and

is ready to return to London for

another shot at the podium.

Photo Tom

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Emil Milev Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol


hometown: Tampa, Fla. birthplace: Sofia, Bulgaria

firearm: Pardini

Competition Highlights– 2012 World Cup Milan, 4th Place– 2011 Pan American Games, Gold Medalist– 2011 World Cup Munich, Bronze Medalist– 2011 National Championship, Gold Medalist– 2000 and 2004 Olympian– 1996 Olympic Games, Silver Medalist

Personal

Emil Milev began shooting in 1984, practic-

ing air pistol in Levski, one of the biggest sports

clubs in Bulgaria. He has been married to his

wife, Anina, since 1991, and has two children,

Alexa and Philip. The Milevs moved to the USA

in 2004. He is a physical education teacher at

B.T. Washington Elementary School. In 2010,

Emil and his personal coach, (also Assistant

National Pistol Coach) Vladimir Chichkov, estab-

lished Pardini USA, LLC for sales, service and

development of sports pistols and ammunition.

Emil is also a member of the Shooting Academy

“Pardini USA.” When asked who he most admires,

he responded with “every American soldier out

fighting for our freedom.”

Photo Vladimir C

hichkov

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