Vitaly Kryuchin

Vitaly Kryuchin
Vitaly Kryuchin at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot
Personal information
Born26. July 1963 (1963-07-26) (age 61)
Medal record
IPSC
Representing  Russia
IPSC European Handgun Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Production
IPSC Russian Handgun Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Production
Gold medal – first place 2004 Open
IPSC European Shotgun Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Modified
Gold medal – first place 2006 Modified
IPSC Russian Shotgun Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Open
Gold medal – first place 2004 Open

Vitaly Kryuchin is a Russian sport shooter and president of the International Practical Shooting Confederation[1] and Russian Federation of Practical Shooting. He has one gold and bronze medal from the IPSC European Shotgun Championship (2003 and 2006) and one gold medal from the IPSC European Handgun Championship (2007).

Beside competition shooting, Kryuchin is known for his point shooting skills. A video went viral in September 2016 where he teamed up with an orchestra of two singers, a violinist and a keyboardist, and played the Ode To Joy by Beethoven, Old MacDonald Had a Farm and a traditional Russian tune by shooting at pitched steel plates.[2]

  1. ^ "Minutes of the Forty-First IPSC General Assembly Chateauroux, France, Saturday, 26 August, 2017, 9:00 am" (PDF). Minutes of the Forty-First IPSC General Assembly Chateauroux, France, Saturday, 26 August, 2017, 9:00 am.
  2. ^ Russian marksman takes a pot shot at Beethoven