Leonid Aleksandrovich Yekimov (; born 13 September 1987) is a Russian sport shooter. At the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, he won the junior competition in 25 metre pistol and finished second in 25 metre standard pistol. The following year, although still a junior, he opted to participate in the open class of the European Championships in 10 metre air pistol and helped the Russian team to a gold medal and a new world record, also breaking the junior world record of Kanstantsin Lukashyk in the qualification round. He then proceeded to defeat teammates Mikhail Nestruyev and Vladimir Isakov in the final, to top a Russian triple victory and win his first international senior title. He defended this gold medal the next year after a qualification score of 591 points, two points below the world record.EKIMOV, Leonid – RUS. issf-sports.org
Yekimov made his Olympic debut in the air pistol competition in Beijing in 2008, and finished sixth. He was also chosen as Sergei Alifirenko's replacement in the rapid fire pistol competition, when Alifirenko, who won gold in Sydney and bronze in Athens, had to withdraw. Although not a renowned rapid fire shooter, Yekimov has won a national competition in the event and when attaining his minimum qualification score for the Olympics, he reached a score of 586 in Munich, only five points behind the world record. In Beijing, Yekimov was in the lead after the first day but dropped to second after the second stage and finally to fourth after the final.Leonid Yekimov. sports-reference.com
Performance timelines
50 metre pistol 2006200720082009Olympic GamesNot held—Not heldWorld Championships—Not heldEuropean ChampionshipsNot held—Not held5th557+93.5World Cup 1——— Silver573+92.0World Cup 2— Silver562+95.78th562+89.5—World Cup 3—9th561—16th560World Cup 45th563+94.7———World Cup FinalNQ4th562+92.9NQQualified
25 metre rapid fire pistol 2006200720082009Olympic GamesNot held4th581+197.2Not heldWorld Championships—Not heldEuropean ChampionshipsNot held—Not held—World Cup 1———6th585+183.8World Cup 2————World Cup 3———8th580World Cup 4————World Cup FinalNQNQNQQualified
25 metre standard pistol 2009World ChampionshipsNot heldEuropean Championships Silver575European Cup 1—European Cup 2—European Cup 3—European Cup 4European Cup FinalQualified
10 metre air pistol 2006200720082009Olympic GamesNot held5th582+98.5Not heldWorld Championships—Not heldEuropean Championships—588+99.3591+100.3—World Cup 1 Bronze587+96.4—— Gold587+104.0World Cup 2— Silver584+102.118th580—World Cup 3—14th582 Silver584+102.7—World Cup 412th580———World Cup Final6th578+101.3NQNQQualified
Records Current world records held in 10 metre air pistol Men Junior Men
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