2022-23 Rifle Roster
Akihito Shimizu
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tokushima, Japan
- High School:
- Ohjisohgo
Statistics
Career Highs
| Value | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|
| Air Rifle | 599 | Ole Miss (1/31/21) |
| Smallbore | 592 | at Navy (1/22/22) |
Career Statistics
| Air Rifle | Smallbore | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Matches | Avg. | High | Matches | Avg. | High |
| 2022-23 | 7 | 594.714 | 597 | 7 | 583.286 | 589 |
| 2021-22 | 13 | 594.182 | 599 | 13 | 586 | 592 |
| 2020-21 | 8 | 596.333 | 599 | 8 | 574.833 | 587 |
| 2019-20 | 11 | 592.818 | 595 | 11 | 581.636 | 590 |
2021-22 (Jr.)
- CRCA All-America Smallbore and Air Rifle Second Team
- CRCA All-America Aggregate Third Team
- All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Second Team
- Led WVU in smallbore average, with a 586, and aggregate average (1180.615)
- Was second on the team in air rifle average (594.615)
- Competed in all 13 matches; scores counted for every match
- Placed third at the GARC Championships in the finals for smallbore (447.5) and air rifle (227.5)
- Also finished second overall at the GARC Championships for aggregate score, with a two-day total of 1187
- Tallied a combined score of 1180 or better in nine contests
- Posted a new career-high aggregate score of 1187 at the GARC Championships
- Also tallied a 599 in the air rifle qualifier at the GARC Championships to set a new career-best mark in the relay
- Shot a career-high 592 in smallbore at Navy (1/22), helping WVU shoot a program-record 2364 in the relay
2020-21 (So.)
- All-GARC Air Rifle First Teams
- All-GARC Combined First Team
- All-GARC Smallbore Second Team
- CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team
- Ninth place, air rifle, NCAA Championship
- Finished 10th overall at the GARC Championships with a career high aggregate score of 1175
- Shot a career high 599 in air rifle against Ole Miss
2019-20 (Fr.)
- NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle
- NRA All-America Second Team Smallbore
- CRCA All-America Second Team
- All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Score First Teams
- All-GARC Smallbore Second Team
- Matched his career-high air rifle mark of 595 three times
- Won his first collegiate competition at Ole Miss, posting an 1185 aggregate total for a personal-best mark; shot a career-high 590 smallbore score to finish first and equaled his air rifle career-high total of 595 to place second
- Competed at the 2020 GARC Championship, shooting 579 smallbore and 590 air rifle
High School
- Member of the Japanese Junior National Team, competing in multiple world cups
- Claimed top-35 finishes in the junior men’s 50m rifle prone and the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 2019 ISSF Suhl Junior World Cup
- Earned a ninth-place finish in the junior men’s 10m air rifle at the 2017 Asian Championships
- Placed seventh in the youth men’s 10m air rifle at the 2016 Asian Championships
- Finished as high as 13th in the men’s 10m air rifle competition at the 2016 ISSF Gabala Junior World Cup
Personal
- Son of Hidetsuna and Hiroko Shimizu
- Birthday is April 28
- Majoring in sport management
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