ISSF World Championship 2025: Full Winners & Highlights

The 2025 ISSF World Shooting Championships (Rifle / Pistol) in Cairo, Egypt, was the scene of a spectacular competition from 6 to 18 November. There were 720 athletes from 73 nations taking part in 22 individual events and multiple mixed-team categories. Here we are tracking the key winners of the championship in detail.

Pistol Event Champions

10 m Air Pistol — Men

Gold: Samrat Rana (IND) — with an amazing final score of 243.7, he left all the other competitors far behind.
Silver: Hu Kai (CHN)
Bronze: Varun Tomar (IND)

10 m Air Pistol Team — Men

Gold: India — Samrat Rana, Varun Tomar, Sharvan Kumar.

25 m Pistol Rapid Fire — Men

Gold: Clément Bessaguet (FRA)
Silver: Anish Bhanwala (IND)
Bronze: Maksym Horodynets (UKR)

50 m Pistol — Men

Gold: Ravinder Singh (IND) — 569 points.
Silver: Kim Cheong-yong (KOR)
Bronze: Anton Aristarkhov (Individual Neutral Athlete)

Team Silver: Ravinder Singh, leading the team to the silver medal, combined with Kamaljeet and Yogesh Kumar, made a great trio for India.

Women’s Pistol Standouts

10 m Air Pistol — Women

Gold: Yao Qianxun (CHN)
Silver: Ho Ching Shing (HKG)
Bronze: Jiang Ranxin (CHN) as per ISSF official results.

Team Gold: China – Qian Wei, Yao Qianxun, Jiang Ranxin set a new record with their combined score.

25 m Pistol — Women

Gold: Yang Jiin (KOR) — in the final, she made a perfect 40.
Silver: Yao Qianxun (CHN) — 38 hits.
Bronze: Esha Singh (IND) — 30 hits at her first individual Worlds final.

25 m Standard Pistol — Women

Gold: Yao Qianxun (CHN) — her third time winning an individual title in Cairo.
Silver: Sevval Ilayda Tarhan (TUR)
Bronze: Veronika Major (HUN)

Mixed Team Highlights

10 m Air Pistol Mixed Team

Gold: Yao Qianxun & Hu Kai (China)
Silver: Esha Singh & Samrat Rana (India)
Bronze: Oh Ye-jin & Hong Su-hyeon (Korea)

Noteworthy Mentions

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (India) secured the silver medal in the 50m Rifle, 3 Positions Men event.

Yao Qianxun (China) was one of the top performers in the competition, as she combined her 25 m standard pistol gold with other wins.

Why This List Stands Out

•India had a sensational performance, especially in pistol events, going away with world championships and multiple podium finishes.

•Yao Qianxun’s domination of women’s pistol events is certainly one of the main takeaways — she stands out as a perfect example of supreme quality.

•The mixed-team 10m air pistol final was about China’s power but it also reflected India’s increasing role with the presence of Samrat and ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌Esha.