Hinton Captures Men’s Trap Gold At 2025 ISSF Lima World Cup

Olympian Will Hinton secures first individual gold medal in Men’s Trap victory at 2025 ISSF Lima World Cup.

by
at USA Shooting posted on April 21, 2025
** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. **
Hinton April2025 ISSFWC Lima 1
USA Shooting athlete Will Hinton, center, won the Men’s Trap event gold medal at the 2025 ISSF Lima World Cup in Lima, Peru, on Sunday, April 20.
Photo by Jon Michael McGrath II

USA Shooting trapshooter Will Hinton, a Paris 2024 Olympian, topped the podium after finding victory in the Men’s Trap final at the 2025 International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup in Lima, Peru, on April 20, marking his first individual international gold medal.

“I am ecstatic,” Hinton, a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit said. “I am pretty excited.”

Will Hinton
Team USA’s Will Hinton made his Olympic debut at the Paris 2024 Games last summer. (Photo by Jon Michael McGrath II)

Hinton walked away from the Men’s Trap final as the winner after shattering 47 clay targets of 50 possible. The Men’s Trap event runner-up, Mauro De Filippis of Italy, finished with 42 of 50 targets.

Now a seven-time ISSF World Cup medalist, Hinton earned his first individual international medal only two weeks ago at the ISSF World Cup in Buenos Aires. Now doubling his individual medal count with the gold-medal victory in Lima, Hinton is steadily climbing the international shooting ranks.

“I have been doing a lot of training, but confidence is a big part of the game,” Hinton, a Dacula, Georgia, native said. “I knew if I could gather that, then it would come to me and I could roll with it.”

A 2023 Pan American Games team member, Hinton made his Olympic debut last summer at the Paris 2024 Summer Games. His victory at the 2025 Lima World Cup boosted the U.S. medal count to seven, solidifying the Team USA’s position as the top-ranked nation in gold medals.

“We knew that we were going to have a good chance at getting a lot of medals,” Hinton said. “We did a lot of finals training prior to coming down here and I would say that we did fairly well.”

Earlier during the competition, Team USA’s Sagen Maddalena, a Paris 2024 Olympic medalist, claimed gold in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3-Position event. The Lima World Cup marked Maddalena’s return to international competition following the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Also a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, she had taken a break from shooting after the Olympics, which made her triumphant comeback all the more remarkable.

The U.S. skeet team also had a standout performance at the 2025 ISSF Lima World Cup, earning five medals. U.S. Women’s Skeet athletes swept the podium with Kim Rhode claiming gold, Sam Simonton earning silver and Dania Vizzi taking third place and the bronze medal. Not only that, Dustan Taylor topped the podium in Men’s Skeet with a gold-medal-winning performance, marking his first individual ISSF medal. In addition, Christian Elliott shared the podium with Taylor after earning the silver medal.

You can see the official results of the 2025 ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru, at the International Shooting Sport Federation website: issf-sports.org.

Learn more about USA Shooting at usashooting.org.

Latest

Mullers ARC July2025 1
Mullers ARC July2025 1

NRA Announces Dianna & Ryan Muller As Brand Ambassadors For America’s Rifle Challenge

NRA announces Dianna & Ryan Muller as brand ambassadors for America’s Rifle Challenge program, promoting AR-15 marksmanship, safety and training.

Eley’s New Trial Packs Let Competition Shooters Find Their Perfect Rimfire Match Ammo

Eley launches trial ammo packs to help shooters test and match precision .22 LR rounds to their firearms.

Ava Downs Captures Junior Olympic Trap Title On Home Turf

Hillsdale’s Ava Downs takes gold in women’s trap at the 2025 USA Shooting Junior Olympic Championships hosted at the Halter Center.

Brandon Powell Claims 8th Georgia State Sporting Clays Title

Brandon Powell wins his eighth Georgia State Sporting Clays Championship, continuing his dominance with multiple top finishes at the 2025 tournament.

Vincent Hancock Claims 30th ISSF Medal As Team USA Dominates 2025 Lonato World Cup

Team USA shines at 2025 ISSF Lonato World Cup with golds from Vincent Hancock and Sam Simonton, plus silver for Dania Vizzi.

Jon Shue Clinches Third Straight NRA National Precision Pistol Championship Title

Shue continues his dominant streak in bullseye pistol shooting after 2025 NRA National Precision Pistol Championship victory.

Interests



Get the best of Shooting Sports USA delivered to your inbox.