# Vincent Hancock

Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989) is an American Army sergeant, sports shooter, and four-time Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in men's skeet shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics (with a then Olympic record), 2012 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, and 2024 Summer Olympics. He is the first skeet shooter to repeat as the Olympic champion.

## Biography

In 2005, at age 16, Hancock won his first World Championship title in men's skeet and went on to win the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation's Shooter of the Year award. He won the gold medal in the World Championships in 2009.
Hancock later attended Troy University in Troy, Alabama, where he graduated in 2014 with a degree in business management. After his graduation, Hancock became a sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, and in 2015 became the third athlete to win three men's skeet World Championships. He has participated in 11 World Championships.
Following his gold medal win in the 2015 World Championships, Hancock represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 15th place.
He qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he won his third Olympic gold medal, ahead of Jesper Hansen of Denmark and Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait.
Hancock is one of the most decorated shooters in the history of the sport, holding a total of 29 medals from various world competitions, including the Olympics.

## Personal life

Hancock resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife and two daughters. He is an owner of Northlake Shooting Sports, a youth-oriented range focused on clay shooting where he has coached fellow Olympic medalist Conner Prince. In 2024, Hancock expressed an interest in shifting attention from Olympic training to the business side of sport shooting and plans to open multiple shooting ranges in the United States, though after winning at Paris he has said he plans to compete in the 2028 games. Hancock is a Christian.

## Records

Current world records held in skeet :
| Men | Qualification | 125 | Valerio Luchini (ITA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Georgios Achilleos (CYP) Anthony Terras (FRA) Tammaro Cassandro (ITA) Riccardo Filippelli (ITA) Ralf Buchheim (GER) Vincent Hancock (USA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Luke Argiro (AUS) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Emmanuel Petit (FRA) Tammaro Cassandro (ITA) Vincent Hancock (USA) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Stefan Nilsson (SWE) Vincent Hancock (USA) Jesper Hansen (DEN) Vincent Hancock (USA) Azmy Mehelba (EGY) Vincent Hancock (USA) | 9 July 2014 9 March 2015 27 April 2015 17 September 2015 10 June 2016 10 July 2016 10 July 2016 14 September 2018 25 March 2019 14 April 2019 22 August 2019 14 September 2019 10 May 2021 27 April 2022 27 April 2022 9 October 2022 7 March 2023 12 July 2023 19 August 2023 19 August 2023 22 October 2023 | Beijing (CHN) Acapulco (MEX) Larnaka (CYP) Lonato (ITA) San Marino (SMR) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Changwon (KOR) Guadalajara (MEX) Al Ain (UAE) Lahti (FIN) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Lonato (ITA) Osijek (CRO) Doha (QAT) Lonato (ITA) Baku (AZE) Baku (AZE) Santiago (CHI) |
| Men | Final | 60 | Angad Vir Singh Bajwa (IND) Vincent Hancock (USA) Tomáš Nýdrle (CZE) Luigi Lodde (ITA) Charalambos Chalkiadakis (GRE) Abdullah Al-Rashidi (KUW) | 6 November 2018 25 March 2019 6 July 2019 12 October 2019 11 September 2023 27 September 2023 | Kuwait City (KUW) Guadalajara (MEX) Lonato (ITA) Al Ain (UAE) Osijek (CRO) Hangzhou (CHN) |
World records held in Skeet from 2005 to 2012 :
| Men | Qualification | 125 | Vincent Hancock (USA) Tore Brovold (NOR) Mykola Milchev (UKR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Tore Brovold (NOR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Antonakis Andreou (CYP) Juan José Aramburu (ESP) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Anthony Terras (FRA) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) | 14 June 2007 13 July 2008 9 May 2009 20 May 2009 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 22 April 2011 13 September 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 26 March 2012 | Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Cairo (EGY) Munich (GER) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Beijing (CHN) Belgrade (SER) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) Tucson (USA) |
| Men | Final | 150 | Vincent Hancock (USA) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Jan Sychra (CZE) (125+25) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) (125+25) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) (125+25) | 14 June 2007 13 July 2008 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 | Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) |
| Junior Men | Individual | 125 | Vincent Hancock (USA) | June 14, 2007 | Lonato (ITA) |

## Performance timeline
### Skeet

| | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Olympic Games | Not held | Not held | Not held | Gold 121+24 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Gold 123+25 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 15th 119 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Gold 122+59 | Not held |
| World Championships | 123+25 | Not held | Bronze 123+24 | Not held | Gold 124+25 | 5th 123+24 | 67th 119 | — | 10th 121 | 9th 121 | Gold 122(16)+16 | — | — | Gold 125+59 | — | — | — | Silver 123(32)+27+35 |
| Pan American Games/COTA | Not held | Not held | Gold 122+25 | Not held | — | Not held | Gold 122+25 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | — |
| World Cup 1 | Gold 124+25 | — | 28th 118 | 4th 121+21 | — | 4th 122+24 | 7th 122 | 11th 121 | Gold 123+59 | — | Gold 125(16)+16 | 4th 121(14)+14 | — | Gold 123+59 | Gold | — | — | — |
| World Cup 2 | Silver 124+24 | 5th 120+24 | — | — | 10th 121 | | 33rd 119 | 4th 122+24 | — | 12th 120 | 4th 123(15)+14 | 5th 122(14) | — | Gold 123+59 | — | Not held | — | Silver 125(6)+28+38 |
| World Cup 3 | Gold 123+25 | — | Gold 125+25 | Gold 123+24 | — | 4th 123+21 | — | — | — | 41st 119 | 44th 117 | Bronze 123(15)+16 | — | Gold 123+56 | Gold | Not held | Silver | Gold 123(6)+30+34 |
| World Cup 4 | Gold 124+25 | — | — | — | 10th 117 | Bronze 122+25 | 69th 116 | — | 33rd 119 | — | Gold 124(16)+15 | — | — | — | — | Not held | — | — |
| World Cup Final | Silver 123+25 | NQ | DNS | Silver 123+24 | Silver 122+21 | — | — | Silver 122+24 | — | — | Silver 123(16)+15 | 5th 121(14) | — | Gold | Silver | Not held | — | — |