Jessica Rossi
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992
Cento, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryItalia
SportShooting
EventTrap shooting
ClubFiamme Oro[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 9 2 3
World Cup Final 1 2 0
World Cup 2 5 1
European Championships 2 2 1
Total 15 11 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Women's trap
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Maribor Women's trap
Gold medal – first place 2009 Maribor Women's trap team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Munich Women's trap team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lima Women's trap
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lima Women's trap team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Moscow Women's trap
Gold medal – first place 2018 ChangwonWomen's trap team
Gold medal – first place 2022 OsijekWomen's trap team
Gold medal – first place 2023 BakuWomen's trap team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Granada Women's trap team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku Women's trap
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Munich Women's trap
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Moscow Women's trap team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lonato Women's trap team
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2011 Al Ain Women's trap
Silver medal – second place 2010 Izmir Women's trap
Silver medal – second place 2012 Maribor Women's trap
ISSF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Suhl Women's trap
Gold medal – first place 2011 Beijing Women's trap
Silver medal – second place 2009 Cairo Women's trap
Silver medal – second place 2009 Minsk Women's trap
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sydney Women's trap
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaTrap
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaTeam trap
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaMixed team trap
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskTrap
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskMixed team trap
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Osijek Women's trap
Silver medal – second place 2012 Larnaca Women's trap
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lonato Women's trap

Jessica Rossi (born 7 January 1992) is a female Italian sports shooter.[2] She has won Olympic gold and three world titles in the women's trap event.[3]

Biography

She took up shooting in 2001.[3] Her father Ivan had also competed in shooting for Italy.[4] She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she scored a world record of 75 in the qualification and a world record of 99 in the final.[5] At the time of the 2012 Olympics, she was working as a police officer.[6] She also competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

She has won three world titles in the women's trap, in 2009, 2013 and 2017, alongside silver in 2023 and bronze in 2010.[3] She has also won six world championships in the women's team trap event, in 2009, 2010, 2013 (with Francesca Caporuscio and Silvana Stanco),[8] 2018, 2022 and 2023, alongside silver in 2014, and bronze in 2017 and 2019.[3]

At European level, she won the women's trap event twice (in 2009, and 2013) alongside three silvers (2012, 2019 and 2021) and two bronze medals (2015, 2022), the women's team event twice (in 2019 and 2022, with silver in 2021) and the mixed team event twice (2021 and 2022, with bronze in 2019).[3] She also won two gold medals at the 2023 European Games,[4] one in the women's trap and one in the mixed team trap event, following silver medals in the same events at the 2019 European Games.[3]

In 2013, she was the ISSF women's shooter of the year.[9] She was also selected to be Italy's flag-bearer at the 2020 Olympics.[4]

Records

Rossi at the 2012 London Olympics
Current world records held in Trap
Women Qualification 75  Jessica Rossi (ITA) Aug 4, 2012 London (GBR)
Final 99  Jessica Rossi (ITA) (75+24) Aug 4, 2012 London (GBR)
Junior Women Individual 75  Jessica Rossi (ITA) Aug 4, 2012 London (GBR)
Mixed Team Final 47  Jessica Rossi (ITA)
 Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)		 August 5, 2018 Leobersdorf (AUT)

References

  1. ↑ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Tiro a volo" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jessica Rossi". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jessica Rossi at ISSF Sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "JESSICA ROSSI". XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024 (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jessica Rossi records". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rossi hits record in women's trap". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Jessica Rossi at Olympics.com". Olympics.com. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Jessica Rossi: "I can't stop winning" the new Trap Women World Champ said". ISSF. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Rossi (ITA) and Junghaenel (GER) elected 2013 Shooters of the Year". ISSF. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
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