The Luxembourg Shooting Federation (French: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Tir aux Armes Sportives (FLTAS)) national governing body for International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) events within the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Federation is recognised by the Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee and is a member of the ISSF and the European Shooting Confederation.[1][2][3] The Federation organises the annual RIAC competition for 10metre air rifle and air pistol every December.
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| Sport | ISSF Shooting Sports |
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| Jurisdiction | Luxembourg |
| Founded | 6 November 1953 |
| Affiliation | ISSF |
| Regional affiliation | ESC |
| Headquarters | Strassen |
| President | Claudia Dall'Agnol |
| Vice president(s) | Romain Gross |
| Secretary | Marianne Meiers |
| Official website | |
| www | |
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History
editThe Federation was founded on 6 November 1953 as the Fédération Luxembourgeoise des Armes Sportives de Chasse (FLTASC).[4] It received recognition from the Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee (COSL) on 31 March 1954.[4]
Luxembourg was a founding member of the Games of the Small States of Europe in 1984, and has won a number of medals in the shooting events.[5]
Events
editRIAC International Competition
editThe Federation has organised the RIAC airgun competition for several decades, building an international following.[6] RIAC is one of a number of unsanctioned "B" competitions in Europe including InterShoot, the Intarso Reflex Shooting Cup (IRS Cup) and International Shooting Competition of Hanover (ISCH), which are not supervised by the ISSF or ESC but are generally recognised by coaches and national governing bodies as high quality events, particularly for development athletes.[7]
World Class Performance
editAs of 2023, Luxembourg's best result in the Olympic shooting events was Jean-Claude Kremer's 27th-place finish at the 1992 Olympic Games in the Men's 10metre Air Rifle.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Federations". Team Letzebuerg (in French). Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Member Federations". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Members". European Shooting Confederation. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ a b Henry Bressler; François Faber; Pilo Fonck; André Ludwig; Charles Rolling (July 1984). "Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Tir aux Armes Sportives" (Print). Flambeau (26). Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois: 18–27.
- ^ "Malta Olympic Committee - GSSE Malta 2003 - Events/Schedules/Results". www.nocmalta.org. Archived from the original on 2003-11-13.
- ^ "RIAC 2022 Preliminary Programme" (PDF). Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Tir aux Armes Sportives. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "RIAC". ESSU. English Smallbore Shooting Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Twee keer Brons bij AirOShoot voor Stefan van de Belt". Regionieuws Hoogeveen (in Dutch). 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "AirOShoot". AirOShoot. Stichting AirOShoot. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.