02.03.2026
The Slovenian air rifle and pistol team started today their performances at the European Championships in Armenia.
The first day of competition brought great joy as Manja Slak qualified for the final with a 7th place in the qualification round.
In the final, she performed superbly and was only 0.6 laps behind first place. She proudly stepped on the 2nd podium and won the silver medal.
First place went to Veronika Major from Hungary and third place to Antoanteta Konstadinova from Bulgaria.
Anja Prezelj, Denis Bola Ujčič and Sašo Stojak also competed in the air pistol event.
You can view the results here:
Air rifle shooters also competed on the shooting lines in mixed pairs. Slovenia was represented by two mixed pairs. The first pair consisted of Urška Hrašovec and Jure Sočič. They came 32nd. The second pair consisted of Živa Dvoršak and Maksimilijan Žarić. They won 42nd place out of 50 pairs.
You can watch all the finals live tomorrow on ŠPORT TV.
Sabina Cipot
Our Slovenian national team returned from the European Membership Championships on 3.2.2026
from Armenia, where they performed with air rifle and pistol at 10 m.
Our young shooter with the MANJI SLAK pistol achieved an outstanding success, yesterday she won the
This success is especially great because Manja is still a junior, 19 years old.
years old, and has reached the podium in the members' competition.
Pistol shooters Anja Pezelj, Manja Slak and Denis Bola Ujčič with their team
won 5th place and even set a new national record.
Anja Prezelj was 43rd individually and Denis Bola Ujčič was 31st among
59 female competitors in total.
Sašo Stojak, our only male representative in the pistol shooting discipline, presented his
finished yesterday in 68th place out of 77 competitors.
Today the air rifle shooter URŠKA HRAŠOVEC managed a nice and high result with 630,1
round, which was not enough to qualify for the final, but among the 90 competitors, she
finished in 24th place.
Urška Kuharič and Živa Dvoršak also competed in the women's air rifle category.
Urška finished 59th and Živa 60th out of 89 competitors.
As a team, they finished 11th out of 19 teams.
Maksimilijan Žarić, Jure Sočič and Luka Lukić were among the strong male competitors.
The youngest Slovenian shooter, 18 years old, was the highest among Slovenian shooters,
Maksimilijan Žarić, who finished 47th out of 77 with 626.8 laps.
competitors. Jure Sočič was 58th and Luka Lukić 72nd.
As a team, they finished 15th out of 16 teams.
The last performance of the day was by Manja Slak and Sašo Stojak. They performed in mixed
pairs with an air gun.
Today did not result in a place in the final. Manja and Sašo finished 33rd.
in 36th place among the pairs.
You can see all the results on the website:
https://shootingsportscloud.com:8594/events?competition=bdf7ea09-b65b-49c7-935d-
e224d2f9ceb3
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