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The first World Shooting Championships were fired in 1897, when Lyon, France’s
shooting club organized an international 300-meter rifle match to celebrate its 25th
anniversary. Women’s events were first instituted at the 1958 Championships, and today
World Championships for men and women in all disciplines are fired every four years. At
the 1994 Championships in Milan 102 individual and team pistol, rifle, running target,
and shotgun events will be contested.
The Emergence of National Federations and the UIT As shooting traditions devel0ped in
the V.S. and overseas, many national federations were established in the mid to late 19th
century. The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) was founded in 1871 by
Colonel William Church and Captain George Wingate of the New York National Guard.
The U.S. Revolver Association, founded in 1900, actually selected, trained, and financed
Olympic pistol teams through the 1936 Games. The NRA then assumed leadership and
developmental responsibilities for pistol, rifle and, beginning in 1960, shotgun shooting
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