Accokeek, Maryland– December 2022– Beretta is pleased to announce that Team Beretta athletes Caitlin Connor and Vincent Hancock recently achieved two medals at the 2022 ISSF President’s Cup in Cairo, Egypt, from November 28-December 4, 2022.
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Connor, ranked fourth in the world for Women’s Skeet, earned a gold medal after competing with Martina Bartolomei of Italy in the gold medal match and achieving the prestigious Golden Target Award based on her performance at the competition.
“I’m very happy to have won the Presidents Cup and the Golden Target Award for 2022 in Cairo, Egypt,” Connor, Team Beretta athlete, said. “This year has been very successful, and this is a great ending to the shooting season. Beretta is the best choice for champions.”
Hancock, a three-time Olympic gold medalist ranked first in the world in Men’s Skeet, obtained a bronze medal after a strong performance in the semi-final round.
“2022 has been a great year all around for me,” Hancock said. “Finishing off the year with a bronze at the President’s Cup was a great bookend to the season. I’m always striving to be better every time I step on the range, and I know that with Beretta as part of my support team, I will continue to do just that. I’m looking forward to the 2023 season and then on to Paris 2024!”
Both Connor and Hancock compete with the popular DT11 over-and-under shotgun platform. The DT11 series of shotguns was developed for the demanding requirements of the professional clay target shooter. Built with a single-minded pursuit to win, the DT11 platform is truly professional grade and features a detachable trigger assembly and proprietary Steelium Pro barrels.
About Team Beretta:
Team Beretta, founded in the early 1980s, is a team of professional shooters of various ages and experiences that compete as Brand Ambassadors for Beretta USA in the fields of trap, skeet, sporting clay, pistol, 3-gun, and precision long-range competitive shooting. Since 1977, Beretta has led the way in all forms of competitive shooting sports and continues to strive for excellence. During the 2016 Olympic Games, Team Beretta shooters took ten out of the possible fifteen podiums in trap, double trap, and skeet shooting events. Team Beretta competes not only at the highest professional levels as well as national and regional competitions, but our shooters also mentor and train future competitors.
Beretta, established in 1526, is the longest-standing industrial dynasty in the world, tracing its roots through 15 generations of continuous family ownership. Firearms bearing the Beretta name have been sold for almost 500 years. Beretta USA Corp. was founded in 1977 and provided the most widely deployed sidearm throughout the U.S. Armed Forces. Today, Beretta manufactures, distributes, and markets a complete line of firearms, accessories, and apparel. Beretta also owns and operates six retail Beretta Gallery stores worldwide. For additional information, visit www.Beretta.com.
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