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2018 - Shooter of the Year, awards by the Shooting Association of Slovenia

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26.02.2018

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The awards for the best marksmen and markswomen went to :

Strelka: LIVING DOORSHAKE, SD Olimpija

Živa Dvoršak, a two-time Olympian and member of the Olimpija Shooting Club, won her fifth Best Shooter of the Year title.This is the ninth prestigious Best Shooter of the Year title for her, with four consecutive laurels in the junior competition. Živa's biggest success of the season came at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea, where she qualified for the final with a small calibre rifle and won her first bronze medal. She was also very successful at the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she qualified for the finals in both air rifle and small calibre rifle, finishing 8th and 6th. In Mexico, Živa also marked her competition by setting a new European qualification record with 1169 rounds. Later in the season, she improved her record to an impressive 1181 rounds. At the World Championships in Changwon, South Korea, she finished 41st with air rifle and 24th with small calibre rifle in the triple position. In her third appearance at the Mediterranean Games, Ziva also won her first air rifle bronze in Tarragona. Her achievements were also outstanding at the strong international competitions in Trzin, Ruse, Wroclaw and Pilsen, where she won numerous victories and medals. At home, Živa won her fifth national championship title with small calibre rifle in the triple position and silver in the prone position. With air rifle, she won her third medal at the DP and a new national title with silver.

Sagittarius: RAJMOND DEBEVEC, SD Olimpija

The coveted Best Shooter of 2018 award went to Olympic gold medallist Rajmond Debevec, a member of the Olimpija Shooting Club, for whom it is the 34th award. The year 2018 was exceptional for the 55-year-old, as Rajmond won his second World Championship title with the large-calibre rifle in the 300m prone event in Changwon, South Korea, 17 years after winning his first World Championship title with the large-calibre rifle in the 300m triple position in 2001. He added to his great success at the World Championships with the standard large-calibre rifle, with which he came 10th, and in the triple position in the 300m event, where he came 16th. With the small calibre rifle in the triple position, Raymond came 49th and 51st in the prone position at the World Championships. His highest ISSF World Cup ranking came in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he finished 14th. Raymond also had a successful season at the European 300m Cups, taking two silver medals in the triple position and standard rifle in Aarhus, Denmark, and narrowly missing out on two more medals at the European Cup in Lahti, where he took two fourth places. At home, Raymond Debevec won his 15th national championship title with small calibre rifle in the 50m prone and silver in the triple position, which leaves him with 21 national championship titles. On top of that, Raymond has also equalled or improved five individual and team national records this season.

Youth: ANJA PREZELJ, SD Lotrič Železniki

Anja Prezelj, a member of the Shooting Club Lotrič Železniki, won the title of the best female shooter of the year for the first time. Her 2018 shooting season was marked by the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, where she qualified for the final in the 10m air pistol individual competition and won the final 5th place, with a minimal gap to the top honours of this prestigious competition. In the second discipline, mixed air pistol pairs, Anja and a Turkish shooter came 18th. She paved her way to the MOI with an excellent placing in the qualification competition in Győr, Hungary, where she also qualified for the final, finishing in 5th place and again narrowly missing out on the prestigious medal. Anja then excelled in the individual competition at the EP in Győr, where she was just one round short of qualifying for the final, finishing in 12th place. She also competed successfully at the World Championships in Changwon, South Korea, where she finished 37th, and had a good debut as a member at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, where she finished 74th. As the youngest member of the Slovenian national team, Anja also made her debut at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, where she finished 10th and again missed the final by just one lap. At home, Anja's greatest success came at the Junior Women's 10m Air Pistol World Championships, where she won the national title with a record qualifying performance. She also won the national championship title in the mixed air pistol pairs discipline with her club teammate Klemn Tomasevic, and in the 25m small calibre pistol DP Anja won the national championship title. Along with all these successes, Anja also won the National Youth Pistol League and set nine individual and team national records.

Junior: MAJ KADUNC, SD Trzin

Maj Kadunc, a member of the Trzin Shooting Club, won the best shooter of the season for the second time after 2015, but after the cadet laurel, now for the first time in the junior competition. May successfully competes with air rifle and small calibre rifle. His greatest success of the season came at the 10m air rifle DP, when he became individual and team national champion among juniors. He continued his medal-winning career at the 50m Small Calibre Rifle World Championship, where he won the double national championship with the rifle in the triple position and prone. His fourth medal came at the 10m Mixed Pairs DP, where he also won silver and the national championship title, paired with his clubmate Suzana Lukić. In the national junior air rifle league he won silver overall with five second places, and was the best with the Trnina junior team. He also achieved individual and team national records. On the international level, Maj's best result was at the Junior International Young Hope Competition in Smederevo, Serbia, where he came fourth, while he was the winner of the individual title at the home international competitions in Trzin and Mengeš, where he came second and second respectively.

Cadet: KATARINA FEVŽER, SD Slovenske Konjice

Katarina Fevžer, a member of the Shooting Club Slovenske Konjice, has had another excellent season and won the title of the best cadet of the year for the second time in a row. Katarina's biggest success of the season came in both small calibre rifle disciplines at 50m, in which she again enjoyed the double title of national champion in the triple position and prone. She added to her success with the individual title of national air rifle champion at 10m and an outstanding qualification victory at the international competition in Novi Sad, where Katarina was the best in the triple position, even in a tough international competition, and fourth in the prone position. Her season was again marked by national records, as she achieved five of them, two in the triple position at the GP competition in Wroclaw, Poland, followed by a third in the same discipline at the 50m Qualification Tournament, and two more national records for cadet and junior women in the recumbent small calibre rifle at the same competition. In addition, she also finished fourth overall in the National Cadet Air Rifle League and won two silver medals in six tournaments.

Cadet: JURE SOČIČ, ŠSD Murska Sobota

In 2018, the best cadet of the year award went to a shooter from Murska Sobota, just like in 2017. In a close fight with last year's winner with a shotgun - Rene Maček from the Trap Club of Štefan Kovač, Jure Sočič, a member of the Sport Shooting Association Murska Sobota, won his first title of the best shooter of the year. He achieved his biggest success of the season with the air rifle at 10m, with which he won the individual and team title of the national champion. At the international level, Jure's greatest success came at the European Championships in Győr, Hungary, where he finished 15th in the qualification match for the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, missing the final by a round and a half. Together with his teammates, Jure also set two new national team records in air rifle and one individual record. Jure was the best overall in the National Cadet League, with four individual victories and one second place, and with his team he also won bronze in the overall team standings.  

Pioneer: ZOJA KALIN, SD Dušan Poženel Rečica pri Laškem

Among the pioneer women, a member of the shooting club Dušan Poženel Rečica pri Laškem won her first title of the best female shooter of the year. Zoja Kalin shoots with air and small calibre rifle, but her biggest individual success in the season was with the serial small calibre rifle at 50m, when she won the national champion title in the prone position and bronze in the triple position. She and her club mates added to their individual titles with team titles as national champions in the 10m air rifle and 50m recumbent air rifle. Zoja was also very close to a medal in the overall standings of the National Pioneer League, where she finished fourth, and in two tournaments during the season she won bronze.

Pioneer: TIMOTHY PLAHUT, ŠSD Murska Sobota

Among the pioneers, a member of the Murska Sobota Shooting Sports Association won his first title of the best shooter of the year. Timotej Plahut successfully competes with air rifle and small calibre rifle, but his biggest success in the season was at the 50m DP, where he won the double individual title of the national champion in triple position and prone and the team title of the national champion in prone. To both individual titles he added the title of National Champion in 10m air rifle. He finished fifth overall in the National Pioneer League.

Award for the best association in 2018:

The Association: GROSUPLJE Rifle Association

The title of the Best Shooting Association of the Year was won for the ninth time by the Grosuplje Shooting Association, which has been undefeated since 2013, winning its sixth consecutive title, having won the other three titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010. It is our great wish that the excellent achievements of the Grosuplje shooters in all age selections will be followed in the coming years by the improvement of the training facilities in Grosuplje, as the current ones are no longer suitable for one of the largest Slovenian shooting associations. 

Sports Achievement Awards:

                    Bronze plaque:

SD GROSUPLJE

for EDR cadet female with air rifle 10m (Zala Katarinčič, Sara Slak, Olja Kolenc) with 1195,8 and 1199,0 rounds
for EDR cadet female with air rifle 10m (Hana Predalič Pulko, Sara Slak, Olja Kolenc) with 1201,0 and 1209,9 rounds
EDR Cadet female 50m rifle (Zala Katarinčič, Sara Slak, Olja Kolenc) with 1781,1 rounds

ŠSD MURSKA SOBOTA

for EDR cadets with air rifle 10m (Blaž Makari, Jure Sočič, Patrik Farkaš) with 1189,3 and 1189,9 rounds

SD OLYMPIA

for EDR members with air rifle 10m (Živa Dvoršak, Sonja Benčina, Nina Juvan) with 1244,7 and 1862,5 rounds
for EDR cadets with air rifle 10m (Blaž Lužar, Jernej Kušar, Matevž Furlan) with 1190,5 and 1192,8 rounds
for EDR cadets 50m rifle triple position (Jernej Kušar, Jurij Lepen, Matevž Kutin) with 1577 rounds

 SD I. POHORSKI BATTALION RUŠE

for EDR junior women with air rifle 10m (Urška Hrašovec, Nikita Lenarćič, Klara Osrajnik) with 1814,9 and 1824,6 rounds

 SD GORENJA VAS

for EDR members with air pistol 10m (Olga Justin, Silva Jeram, Barbara Benedečič) with 1542 rounds

 SD CITY LJUTOMER

EDR junior women air rifle 10 m (Nuša Špindler, Antonija Kosi, Sandra Kaučič) with 1829,8 rounds
for EDR junior women rifle 50 m triple position (Nuša Špindler, Antonija Kosi, Brina Stajnko) with 3215 rounds
SUZANA LUKIČfor DR junior women air rifle 10m with 250,4 rounds
for DRC junior women air rifle 10m with 416,1; 418,3; 624,9 rounds
for DRC juniors/juniors mixed pairs air rifle 10m with 822,7 rounds
JAN KOLENCfor DR members air rifle 10m with 247,2 rounds
URŠKA HRAŠOVECfor DRC junior women air rifle 10m with 618,9 and 622,7 rounds
for DR juniors/juniors mixed pairs air rifle 10m with 486,9 rounds
JAGODA TKALECfor DR Members air pistol 10m with 233,6 rounds
for DRC members 10m air pistol with 563, 565 and 568 rounds
for DRC members/air pistol 10m mixed pairs with 757 rounds
KLARA SMOLICfor DRC junior women air pistol 10m with 550 and 559 rounds
 for IKDR junior female 10m air pistol with 559 rounds
 MAJDA RAUŠLfor IKDR members with air pistol 10m with 563 rounds
 DEJAN JAGERfor IDR cadets air pistol 10m with 379 rounds
 NIKA SKUBICfor DR ciciban female with serial air rifle 10m with 187 rounds
 MIŠO HARIfor DR junior pioneers with serial air rifle 10m with 189 rounds
 KATARINA FEVŽERfor DR juniors and cadets in 50m rifle recumbent with 618,0 rounds
 for DRC junior women 50m rifle triple position with 1128; 1139 and 1155 rounds
 MAJ KADUNCfor DR juniors air rifle 10m with 245,8 rounds
 for DRC juniors/juniors mixed pairs air rifle 10m with 822,7 rounds
 PETER TKALECfor KDR rapid fire pistol members 25m with 574 rounds
 PETER JENKOfor DR rapid fire pistol members 25m with 23 hits
 JKERNEJ KUŠARfor DR cadets 50m rifle triple position with 558 rounds
 JASMINA MAČEKa DRC Member trap 125 targets with 95; 103; 105; 114 and 116 targets
 for DRC members trap mixed pairs with 137; 138 and 139 targets
 TEJA TOPOLOVECfor DR cadet trap with 82 and 87 targets
 for DRC junior women trap with 82 and 87 targets
 RENE MAČEKfor DR cadets and juniors double trap with 106 targets
 for DR junior trap with 39 and 42 targets
 JURE SOČIČfor DR cadets air rifle 10m with 411,4 rounds 
 JOŽE ČEPERfor DRC juniors air pistol 10m with 579 rounds
 PATRIK JAKOPIČEKfor DR juniors/juniors mixed pairs air rifle 10m with 486,9 rounds
 JAN ŠUMAKfor DR Members Mixed Air Rifle Pairs 10m with 488,1 rounds
KLEMEN TOMASEVICfor DR Members Mixed Air Pistol Pairs10m with 465,5 rounds
TOMAŽ BLAZINŠEKfor 2nd place at the European Championships 2017 Baku mixed pairs trap
for DRC members mixed pairs trap with 137 targets
JACOB THE COCKERELfor DRC Members Mixed Air Rifle Pairs 10m with 828,5 rounds
ANŽE GMAJNIČfor DRC juniors/young women mixed pairs air pistol 10m with 746 rounds
BENJAMIN JODLfor DRC members/participants mixed pairs air rifle 10m with 824,2 rounds

                    Silver plaque:

ANJA PREZELJ5th place at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires (ARG) air pistol 10m
 5th place at European Championships 2018 Gyor (HUN) air pistol 10m
for DR Member/Member Mixed Air Pistol Pairs 10m with 465,5 rounds
for DRC junior women air pistol 10m with 551; 556; 556 and 567 rounds
for IKDR junior women air pistol 10m with 559 rounds
a DRC juniors/juniors mixed pairs air pistol 10m with 746 rounds
URŠKA KUHARIČ6th place at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona (ESP) air rifle 10m
 for DR Members/Members Mixed Pairs Air Rifle 10m with 488,1 rounds
FRANČEK GORAZD TIRŠEK4th place at the World Championships 2018 Cheongju (KOR) air rifle 10m standing SH2
 5th place at the World Championships 2018 Cheongju (KOR) 50m rifle SH2
6th place at the World Championships 2018 Cheongju (KOR) air rifle 10m prone SH2

                     Gold plaque:

RAJMOND DEBEVEC1st place at World Championships 2018 Changwon (KOR) Rifle 300 m Recumbent
 for DR members standard rifle 300, triple position with 584 rounds
for IDR members 300m rifle prone with 599 rounds
BOŠTJAN MAČEK1st place at the 2018 European Championships Leobersdorf (AUT) trap
 6th place at the 2018 European Championships Leobersdorf (AUT) team trap
for KEER members trap with 360 targets
for IDR trap members with 124 targets
for DRC members mixed pairs trap with 139 targets
KEVIN VENTA2nd place at the Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona (ESP) air pistol 10m
 for DR members air pistol 10m with 240,1 and 241,7 rounds
for DRC members 10m air pistol with 757 rounds
LIVING DOORSHAKE3rd place at the Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona (ESP) air rifle 10m
for KER members 50m rifle triple position with 1169 rounds
 for DR members 50m rifle triple position with 458,1 and 459,0 rounds
for DR members 50m rifle prone with 620,6 rounds
for DRC members air rifle 10 m with 628,8 rounds
for DRC members 50m rifle triple position with 1169 and 1181 rounds
for DRC members mixed pairs air rifle 10m with 824,2 and 828,5 rounds
DENIS VATOVEC6th place at the 2018 European Championships Leobersdorf (AUT) team trap
for KEER members trap with 360 targets
for DRC members mixed pairs trap with 138 targets
MATJAŽ LEPEN6th place at the 2018 European Championships Leobersdorf (AUT) team trap
for KEER members trap with 360 targets

The following are awarded for their organisational work in the Slovenian Rifle Association:

           Silver plaque:

MILAN VERNIK,               SD 1st Pohorje Battalion Rušefor many years of successful professional work in shooting
GIULIANO RITOSZA,        SD Izolafor many years of successful professional work in shooting
MIRAN KODELJA,        SD “Salonit” Anhovofor many years of successful professional work in shooting
ELVIRA VALANT,             SD Olympiafor many years of successful professional work in shooting

               Gold plaque:

PAVEL JEZERŠEK,              SD Triglav Javornik - Koroška Belafor many years of successful professional work in shooting
ANTON JOŽE MAJHENIČ,  SD Svečinafor many years of successful professional work in shooting
MARJAN HEBAR,                SD Postojnafor many years of successful professional work in shooting

In the 2017/18 shooting season, 101 new national records were set (7 of which were tied).

The Slovenian team set 15 new national team records (including 1 tie) in the team classification, namely:

for EDR members with 10 m air rifle (Urška Kuharič, Živa Dvoršak, Sonja Benčina) with 1867,7 rounds

for EDR members with 10 m air rifle (Živa Dvoršak, Urška Kuharič, Klavdija Jerovšek) with 1873,3 rounds

for EDR members with 10 m air pistol (Jagoda Tkalec, Klara Smolič, Denis Bola Ujčič) with 1663 circles

for EDR members with 10 m air pistol (Klara Smolič, Jagoda Tkalec, Denis Bola Ujčič) with 1664 circles

for EDR junior female 10 m air pistol (Anja Prezelj, Sara Ščuri, Pia Srpčič) with 1606 circles

for EDR junior female 10 m air pistol (Anja Prezelj, Sara Ščuri, Teja Barašin) with 1616 circles

for EDR junior female 10 m air rifle (Urška Hrašovec, Nuša Žnidarič, Suzana Lukić) with 1857,2 rounds

for EDR members with standard 25 m pistol (Peter Tkalec, Jože Čeper, Andrej Brunšek) with 1647 circles

for EDR members with rifle 50 m triple position (Živa Dvoršak, Urška Kuharič, Klavdija Jerovšek) with 3470 circles

for EDR members with a 25 m centrefire pistol (Jože Čeper, Peter Tkalec, Rudolf Rener) with 1686 circles

for EDR members with standard rifle 300 m triple position (Rajmond Debevec, Robert Markoja, Dušan Ziško) with 1729 circles

for EDR members with rifle 300 m triple position (Robert Markoja, Rajmond Debevec, Dušan Ziško) with 3489 circles

for EDR members with rifle 300 m prone (Rajmond Debevec, Robert Markoja, Dušan Ziško) with 1781 circles

for KEDR members in trap (Boštjan Maček, Denis Vatovec, Matjaž Lepen) with 360 targets

for IEDR members in trap (Boštjan Maček, Denis Vatovec, Matjaž Lepen) with 360 targets

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