Meet your Paris Olympic Shooting Team

By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations and Communications Manager

COLO SPRGS, CO (June 28, 2024) – Four rifle athletes will represent Team USA this summer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, July 26-August 11. The athletes are: Rylan Kissell, Ivan Roe, Sagen Maddalena and Mary Tucker.

Kissell, of Denver, Colorado, is the most recent athlete to qualify for the Games. Kissell finished second overall at the U.S. Olympic air rifle trials in January, a three-part competition. Kissell was recently confirmed as a qualified athlete in the men's 10m air rifle for the Paris Games based on USA Shooting's selection procedures.

Kissell will make her Olympic debut in Paris this summer. The University of Alaska Fairbanks alumnus discovered competitive shooting when he was 12 years old. He originally wanted to compete in biathlon competitions, as he was an avid skier, but he soon realized that cross-country skiing was very different from the downhill skiing he loved. After his college career, he became a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Springs, Colorado to pursue his dream of making an Olympic team. Kissell has excelled in his shooting career and recently won two medals at the 2023 Pan American Games. In Paris, he will compete in the men's 10m air rifle, mixed team air rifle and 50m air rifle men.

Roe, a native of Manhattan, Montana, will also be competing in his first Olympics this summer. When he was just seven years old, his father enrolled him in a firearms safety and shooting course. He fell in love with the sport of shooting and shot rifles for the Gallatin Valley Sharpshooters in Montana. Roe went on to shoot for Murray State University, where he was a seven-time All-American. After college, Roe joined the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), where his shooting career took off. Roe, a Sergeant in the Army, recently won an impressive six medals at the 2024 Championship of the Americas (CAT) Games. In Paris, he will compete in the men’s 10m air rifle, mixed team air rifle, and men’s 50m smallbore rifle.

Maddalena, of Groveland, Calif., is making her second Olympic appearance this summer. The Tokyo 2020 Olympian was introduced to shooting through her local 4-H club. She started with high-powered rifles and eventually settled on Olympic-style shooting. She then joined one of the top rifle programs in the country at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and completed her freshman season in 2013. Maddalena's success was evident throughout her college education, as she was an eight-time All-American. After college, Maddalena joined USAMU and her international achievements began to pile up. Maddalena won two medals at the 2023 World Championships, three medals at the 2023 Pan American Games, and most recently, four medals at the 2024 CAT Games. She currently holds the world record in the women's 50m air rifle. At this summer's Games, she will compete in the women's 10m air rifle, mixed team air rifle and women's 50m air rifle.

Tucker, a native of Sarasota, Florida, is competing in her second Olympic Games in Paris. The West Virginia University alumnus is a Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist in mixed team air rifle. Her Olympic silver medal adds to her extensive collection of more than 20 international medals. Tucker’s early experiences learning Olympic-style shooting are quite unique. She took to YouTube to learn everything about the sport. She watched international finals and taught herself through videos. Her early years of self-teaching have clearly paid off. She recently won three medals at the 2023 Pan American Games, including gold in the women’s 50m smallbore rifle. In Paris, she will compete in the women’s 10m air rifle, mixed team air rifle and women’s 50m smallbore rifle.

Peter Durben, of St. Paul, Minnesota, will lead the team as the Olympic rifle coach for Paris. Durben was on the 1992 Olympic shooting team and is the U.S. national rifle coach.

The first shooting event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be the mixed team 10m air rifle and the women's 10m air pistol on July 27. All final events will be broadcast live on Peacock, NBC's streaming platform. Find the complete Olympic shooting program here.

The Olympic alternates for the U.S. Rifle Team are:

• Men's 10m air rifle: Lucas Kozeniesky and Tim Sherry
• Men's 50m small caliber rifle: Nickolaus Mowrer and Peter Fiori
• Women's 10m Air Rifle: Alison Weisz and Katie Zaun
• Women's 50m Small Bore Rifle Shooting: Katie Zaun and Sarah Beard

The U.S. Olympic shooting team consists of 17 athletes and the U.S. Paralympic team consists of five. See the full U.S. Olympic shooting team roster here and the Paralympic roster here.

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