WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019   ■   COMPETITION

Hancock Wins Another Gold Medal at 2019 ISSF World Cup

(Accokeek, MD) Team Beretta shooter Vincent Hancock recently won his second ISSF World Cup gold medal of the 2019 season in Changwon, Korea.

Hancock, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, claimed the 12th World Cup gold medal of his remarkable career with his exceptional performance at the same venue where he won his first ISSF gold medal fourteen years ago. He has now brought home his fifth straight ISSF World Cup win and sixth straight international victory.

As the reigning ISSF World Champion, Hancock made history last season as the first men’s skeet shooter to win four ISSF World Championship titles.

Hancock, who shoots with a Beretta DT11 Skeet Black Edition, began the competition with a near flawless qualification round and he entered the final round in first place with a score of 123 out of 125 targets, following a shoot-off with his fellow USA teammate Christian Elliot.

After a dominating final round, Hancock topped the podium with an excellent score of 57 out of 60 targets, besting the runner-up by four targets.

Team Beretta shooters will continue their season at the upcoming 2019 U.S. Open at M&M Hunting Preserve in Pennsville, NJ from May 12-19.

About Team Beretta:

Team Beretta, founded in the early 1980s, is a team of professional shooters of various age and experience that compete as Brand Ambassadors for Beretta USA in the fields of trap, skeet, sporting clay, pistol, 3-gun, and precision long range competitive shooting. Since 1977, Beretta has led the way in all forms of competitive shooting sports and continues to strive for excellence. During the 2016 Olympic Games, Team Beretta shooters took ten out of the possible fifteen podiums in trap, double trap, and skeet shooting events. Team Beretta competes not only at the highest professional levels as well as national and regional competitions, but our shooters also mentor and train future competitors.

Beretta, established in 1526, is the oldest industrial dynasty in the world tracing its roots through 15 generations of continuous family ownership. Firearms bearing the Beretta name have been sold for almost 500 years. Beretta USA Corp. was founded in 1977 and supplies the standard sidearm to the U.S. Armed Forces. Today, Beretta manufactures, distributes, and markets a complete line of firearms, accessories, and apparel. Beretta also owns and operates six retail Beretta Gallery stores worldwide. For additional information, visit www.Beretta.com.

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USA Contact:

Kimberlee Eveland

KEveland@BerettaUSA.com

301-283-2191 ext. 1384