USA Shooting Athletes To Compete At 2023 Junior World Championship In Korea

USA Shooting junior athletes are traveling to Korea this month to compete at the 2023 ISSF Junior World Championship.

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at USA Shooting posted on July 11, 2023
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USA Shooting junior athletes will head to Changwon, Korea, from July 14-25, to compete in the 2023 International Shooting Sports Federation Junior World Championship.

An ISSF junior athlete is classified as an athlete 21 and under. Athletes will remain juniors until December 31 of the year in which they become 21 years of age. Any athlete born between the January 1 and the December 31, will cease to be a junior on December 31 of that year.

In 2022, junior athletes brought home a total of nine medals at the ISSF World Championship, three gold, one silver and five bronze. They also saw many notable top 10 finishes after making a handful of finals.

The junior athletes also had a strong showing at the 2022 Championship of the Americas Games. Suman Sanghera earned a gold medal and an Olympic quota for the United States in Women’s 10m Air Pistol, while Katie Zaun earned a bronze medal in Women’s 50m 3-Position Rifle.

The ISSF 2022 World Championship also included open age categories. At the previous ISSF Junior World Championship held in 2021, Team USA earned a grand total of 21 medals—seven gold, eight silver and six bronze.

See the official 2023 U.S. team roster below.

Pistol

Junior Men’s Pistol

  • Nathan Bae: Air Pistol, Sport Pistol
  • Marcus Klemp: Air Pistol
  • William Regala: Rapid Fire Pistol, Sport Pistol
  • Mark Shen: Air Pistol, Rapid Fire Pistol, Sport Pistol
  • Remington Smith: Air Pistol
  • Austin Stone: Rapid Fire Pistol

Junior Women’s Pistol

  • Chloe Bae: Air Pistol
  • Anita Deokule: Air Pistol, Sport Pistol
  • Rachel Kim: Air Pistol
  • Ada Korkhin: Air Pistol, Sport Pistol
  • Abbie Leverett: Sport Pistol
  • Emily Yoder: Sport Pistol

Rifle

Junior Men’s Rifle

  • Gavin Barnick: Air Rifle, Smallbore Rifle
  • James Hart: Smallbore Rifle
  • Braden Peiser: Air Rifle, Smallbore Rifle
  • Tyler Wee: Air Rifle, Smallbore Rifle

Junior Women’s Rifle

  • Rachael Charles: Air Rifle, Smallbore Rifle
  • Peninah D’Souza: Air Rifle
  • Lauren Hurley: Smallbore Rifle
  • Alivia Perkins: Smallbore Rifle
  • Elizabeth Probst: Air Rifle, Smallbore Rifle
  • Katie Zaun: Air Rifle, Smalbore Rifle

Shotgun

Junior Men’s Shotgun

  • William Browning: Trap
  • Owen Bin: Trap
  • Caleb Cutler: Trap
  • Ramsey Bodeen: Trap
  • Matthew Kutz: Trap
  • Aidin Burns: Skeet
  • Josh Corbin: Skeet
  • Kyle Fleck: Skeet
  • Ben Keller: Skeet
  • Jordan Sapp: Skeet

Junior Women’s Shotgun

  • Kaleigh Castillo: Trap
  • Ava Downs: Trap
  • Taylor Dale: Trap
  • Carey Garrison: Trap
  • Ryann Phillips: Trap
  • Madeline Corbin: Skeet
  • Jessi Griffin: Skeet
  • Alishia Fayth Layne: Skeet
  • Julia Nelson: Skeet
  • Karsyn Ross: Skeet

Learn more about USA Shooting at usashooting.org.

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