Luxembourg Shooting Federation

Luxembourg Shooting Federation
SportISSF Shooting Sports
JurisdictionLuxembourg
Founded6 November 1953 (6 November 1953)
AffiliationISSF
Regional affiliationESC
HeadquartersStrassen
PresidentClaudia Dall'Agnol
Vice president(s)Romain Gross
SecretaryMarianne Meiers
Official website
www.fltas.lu
Luxembourg

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.

History

The 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

RIAC International Competition

Main article: RIAC

The 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]

RIAC was a founding member of AirOShoot in 2019.[8][9]

World Class Performance

As 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

References

  1. ^ "Federations". Team Letzebuerg (in French). Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Member Federations". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Members". European Shooting Confederation. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Malta Olympic Committee - GSSE Malta 2003 - Events/Schedules/Results". www.nocmalta.org. Archived from the original on 2003-11-13.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "RIAC". ESSU. English Smallbore Shooting Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "AirOShoot". AirOShoot. Stichting AirOShoot. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.