Vincent Hancock
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Born | Port Charlotte, Florida, U.S. | March 19, 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Troy University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Skeet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | U.S. Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989, in Port Charlotte, Florida) is an American shooter and Olympian who won the gold medal in men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (with a then Olympic record),[2] 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3][4][5] He is the first skeet shooter to repeat as the Olympic champion.[6][7]
Biography
In 2005, at 16, Hancock won his first World Championship title in men's skeet and went on to win the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation's Shooter of the Year award. He won the gold medal in the World Championships in 2009.[8]
Hancock later attended Troy University in Troy, Alabama, where he graduated in 2014 with a degree in business management.[9] After his graduation, Hancock became a sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, and in 2015 became the third athlete to win three men's skeet World Championships. He has participated in 9 World Championships.
Following his gold medal win in the 2015 World Championships, Vincent qualified for the Olympic team and represented the United States in Rio in 2016. His performance in the Rio Olympics fell short though: 15th place.
He qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[10] where he won his third Olympic gold medal, ahead of Jesper Hansen of Denmark and Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait.[11]
Hancock is one of the most decorated shooters in the history of the sport, holding a total of 29 medals from various world competitions, including the Olympics.[12]
Personal life
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Golden_family.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Golden_family.jpg)
Hancock resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife, Rebekah and their daughters, Bailey and Brenlyn. Hancock is a Christian.[13]
Performance timeline
Skeet
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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Olympic Games | Not held | ![]() 121+24 |
Not held | ![]() 123+25 |
Not held | 15th 119 |
Not held | ![]() 122+59 |
Not held | |||||||||
World Championships | ![]() 123+25 |
Not held | ![]() 123+24 |
Not held | ![]() 124+25 |
5th 123+24 |
67th 119 |
— | 10th 121 |
9th 121 |
![]() 122(16)+16 |
— | — | ![]() 125+59 |
— | — | — | ![]() 123(32)+27+35 |
Pan American Games/COTA | Not held | Not held | ![]() 122+25 |
Not held | — | Not held | ![]() 122+25 |
Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | |
World Cup 1 | ![]() 124+25 |
— | 28th 118 |
4th 121+21 |
— | 4th 122+24 |
7th 122 |
11th 121 |
![]() 123+59 |
— | ![]() 125(16)+16 |
4th 121(14)+14 |
— | ![]() 123+59 |
![]() |
— | — | — |
World Cup 2 | ![]() 124+24 |
5th 120+24 |
— | — | 10th 121 |
33rd 119 |
4th 122+24 |
— | 12th 120 |
4th 123(15)+14 |
5th 122(14) |
— | ![]() 123+59 |
— | Not held | — | ![]() 125(6)+28+38 | |
World Cup 3 | ![]() 123+25 |
— | ![]() 125+25 |
![]() 123+24 |
— | 4th 123+21 |
— | — | — | 41st 119 |
44th 117 |
![]() 123(15)+16 |
— | ![]() 123+56 |
![]() |
Not held | ![]() |
![]() 123(6)+30+34 |
World Cup 4 | ![]() 124+25 |
— | — | — | 10th 117 |
![]() 122+25 |
69th 116 |
— | 33rd 119 |
— | ![]() 124(16)+15 |
— | — | — | — | Not held | — | — |
World Cup Final | ![]() 123+25 |
NQ | DNS | ![]() 123+24 |
![]() 122+21 |
— | — | ![]() 122+24 |
— | — | ![]() 123(16)+15 |
5th 121(14) |
— | ![]() |
![]() |
Not held | — | — |
Records
Current world records held in skeet[14] | ||||||||
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Men | Qualification | 125 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
9 July 2014 9 March 2015 27 April 2015 17 September 2015 10 June 2016 10 July 2016 10 July 2016 14 September 2018 25 March 2019 14 April 2019 22 August 2019 14 September 2019 10 May 2021 27 April 2022 27 April 2022 9 October 2022 7 March 2023 12 July 2023 19 August 2023 19 August 2023 22 October 2023 |
Beijing (CHN) Acapulco (MEX) Larnaka (CYP) Lonato (ITA) San Marino (SMR) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Changwon (KOR) Guadalajara (MEX) Al Ain (UAE) Lahti (FIN) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Osijek (CRO) Doha (QAT) Lonato (ITA) Baku (AZE) Baku (AZE) Santiago (CHI) |
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Final | 60 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6 November 2018 25 March 2019 6 July 2019 12 October 2019 11 September 2023 27 September 2023 |
Kuwait City (KUW) Guadalajara (MEX) Lonato (ITA) Al Ain (UAE) Osijek (CRO) Hangzhou (CHN) |
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World records held in Skeet from 2005 to 2012 | ||||||
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Men | Qualification | 125 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
14 June 2007 13 July 2008 9 May 2009 20 May 2009 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 22 April 2011 13 September 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 26 March 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Cairo (EGY) Munich (GER) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Beijing (CHN) Belgrade (SER) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) Tucson (USA) |
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Final | 150 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
14 June 2007 13 July 2008 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 |
Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) |
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Junior Men | Individual | 125 | ![]() |
June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) |
References
- ^ Vincent Hancock. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Final Results: Men's Skeet Final". Beijing 2008 Official Website. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
- ^ "Olympics shooting: Vincent Hancock wins skeet gold medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. 31 July 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ "Vincent Hancock - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ Tim Hipps (July 31, 2012). "Hancock first Olympic champion to repeat in men's skeet". United States Army News Service. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ David Segal (August 3, 2012). "They Win Gold, but a Pot of It Rarely Follows". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ National Team. USA Shooting. Retrieved on August 13, 2016.
- ^ "Get 2 know the Texans on the USA shooting team heading to the Tokyo Olympics". 7 July 2021.
- ^ OlympicTalk (2021-06-17). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Vincent Hancock Wins Third Career Gold Medal in Men's Skeet Shooting". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Vincent Hancock captures third gold as U.S. Sweeps skeet shooting".
- ^ Shields, Christian (26 July 2021). "Vincent Hancock captures 3rd Olympic skeet shooting gold medal, sees platform as witness for Christ". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Athlete Biography: Vincent Hancock". Beijing 2008 Official Website. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
External links
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- Vincent Hancock at ISSF
- Vincent Hancock at Olympics.com
- Vincent Hancock at Olympedia
- Vincent Hancock at Team USA (archive March 18, 2023)
- Vincent Hancock at USA Shooting
- Vincent Hancock at Beijing 2008 Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived August 19, 2008)
- Bio on Army.mil at the Wayback Machine (archived July 15, 2014)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American male sport shooters
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- People from Port Charlotte, Florida
- Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Shooters at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Skeet shooters
- Sportspeople from Columbus, Georgia
- United States Army soldiers
- World record holders in shooting
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program