# Leonid Yekimov

Leonid Aleksandrovich Yekimov (Russian: Леонид Александрович Екимов; 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.
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.

## Performance timelines
### 50 metre pistol

| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Olympic Games | Not held | Not held | — | Not held |
| World Championships | — | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| European Championships | Not held | — | Not held | 5th 557+93.5 |
| World Cup 1 | — | — | — | Silver 573+92.0 |
| World Cup 2 | — | Silver 562+95.7 | 8th 562+89.5 | — |
| World Cup 3 | — | 9th 561 | — | 16th 560 |
| World Cup 4 | 5th 563+94.7 | — | — | — |
| World Cup Final | NQ | 4th 562+92.9 | NQ | Qualified |

### 25 metre rapid fire pistol

| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Olympic Games | Not held | Not held | 4th 581+197.2 | Not held |
| World Championships | — | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| European Championships | Not held | — | Not held | — |
| World Cup 1 | — | — | — | 6th 585+183.8 |
| World Cup 2 | — | — | — | — |
| World Cup 3 | — | — | — | 8th 580 |
| World Cup 4 | — | — | — | — |
| World Cup Final | NQ | NQ | NQ | Qualified |

### 25 metre standard pistol

| | 2009 |
| World Championships | Not held |
| European Championships | Silver 575 |
| European Cup 1 | — |
| European Cup 2 | — |
| European Cup 3 | — |
| European Cup 4 | |
| European Cup Final | Qualified |

### 10 metre air pistol

| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Olympic Games | Not held | Not held | 5th 582+98.5 | Not held |
| World Championships | — | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| European Championships | — | Gold 588+99.3 | Gold 591+100.3 | — |
| World Cup 1 | Bronze 587+96.4 | — | — | Gold 587+104.0 |
| World Cup 2 | — | Silver 584+102.1 | 18th 580 | — |
| World Cup 3 | — | 14th 582 | Silver 584+102.7 | — |
| World Cup 4 | 12th 580 | — | — | — |
| World Cup Final | 6th 578+101.3 | NQ | NQ | Qualified |

## Records

Current world records held in 10 metre air pistol :
| Men | Teams | 1759 | Russia (Isakov, Nestruyev, Yekimov) China (Wang, Pang, Mai) | March 16, 2007 March 9, 2014 | Deauville (FRA) Kuwait City (KUW) |
| Junior Men | Individual | 588 | Leonid Yekimov (RUS) Lukas Grunder (SUI) | March 16, 2007 May 24, 2009 | Deauville (FRA) Milan (ITA) |