One of the top international shooters of the moment … though forced to sit out the first six matches of the 2009-10 season, returned to rewrite the Mountaineer record book … two-time NRA first team All-American … reigning GARC Conference air gun, smallbore and combined score champion … seven-year member of the Italian National Team … reigning air rifle world champion … two-time ISSF world cup gold medal winner … placed 12th at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games … years of top-level competition and exhaustive knowledge provide experience to an already talent-laden team.
At West Virginia in 2009-10
Earned NRA first team air rifle and smallbore All-America honors … named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic all-District II at-large men’s second team … member of the 2010 CRCA All-Academic Team … rewrote the Mountaineer record book and set new marks in air rifle (598), smallbore (593) and combined score (1189) … smallbore mark is believed to be the best-ever collegiate score … contributed to school record aggregate score of 4697 and air rifle mark of 2368, both achieved in win over Alaska-Fairbanks … shot a school-record 196 standing at GARC Championship … made a splash in Mountaineer debut, finishing first against NC State with combined score of 1180 … also finished first in air gun (593) and smallbore (587) … finished first against a talented field in Alaska-Fairbanks win with combined score of 1185 … also shot winning smallbore (589) and air rifle (596) scores … finished first against Ole Miss with combined score of 1187 … also finished first in both disciplines with a 596 air gun mark and a 591 smallbore total … stellar at Winthrow Invitational, shooting a school-record combined score of 1189 and winning smallbore with a program-best 593 mark … also finished first in air gun with score of 596 … paced the Mountaineers in their NCAA qualifying match win over Nebraska with a combined score of 1187 … swept discipline competitions with a school-record 598 air gun mark and a 589 smallbore score ... swept the competition at the GARC Championships, finishing first overall with a combined score of 1187 … also won discipline titles, shooting 590 in the smallbore open-field competition and 101.9 in the finals, and 597 in the air rifle open-field competition and 102.8 in the finals … smallbore win was aided by school-record 196 standing mark … won the 10m men’s air rifle title at the Champion of Champions Match … shot the highest visitor score (595) at the 2009 USA Shooting Winter Airgun Championship … had a spectacular summer with the Italian National team, winning the air rifle (702.5) gold at the 50th International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Championship … awarded with an Olympic quota place following win, distinguishing him as the first qualified athlete for the London 2012 Olympic Games among all sports … also finished fifth in 3 position (1271.8) … additionally, finished first in the 50m men’s rifle prone and in the 10m men’s air rifle at the Fort Benning ISSF World Cup and the Belgrade ISSF World Cup, respectively.
With Italian National Team in 2003-09
Finished second in smallbore 3 position with a score of 1173 at the 2009 Milan World Cup … automatically qualified for the 2009 October World Cup Final in Wuxi, China … first place air rifle finish at the 2009 European Championship … represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games … shot 594 air rifle for a 12th-place finish … also finished 38th in prone and 39th in 3 position … captured first place in air rifle at the 2008 University World Championship … earned the prone and 3 position silver medals at the 2007 European Junior Championship … took the air rifle bronze medal at the 2006 European Junior Championship … opened national team career with a silver medal in air rifle at the 2003 European Junior Championship.
Personal
Son of Giuseppe Campriani and Eralda Dolci … birthday is Nov. 6 … has one brother … attended the University of Florence for three years prior to joining the Mountaineers … also attended Liceo Agnoletti Scientifico …majoring in industrial engineering … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll.
PERSONAL BESTS
Air Rifle
598 vs. Nebraska (NCAA qualifier), Feb. 13, 2010
Smallbore
593 at Winthrow Invitational, Jan. 31, 2010
CAREER AIR RIFLE
Year Matches Avg. High
2010 6 596 598
CAREER SMALLBORE
Year Matches Avg. High
2010 6 589.83 593
