USA Shooting: Meet Your Paris 2024 Olympic Rifle Team

Four rifle athletes will represent Team USA this summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics, July 26-August 11. American rifle athletes include Rylan Kissell, Ivan Roe, Sagen Maddalena and Mary Tucker.

Rylan Kissell of Denver, Colorado, is the latest athlete to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games. Kissell finished second overall at the three-part US Olympic Trials-Air Gun in January. 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 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 Colorado Springs 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 small caliber rifle events. 50m men.

Ivan 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 shooting and firearm safety course. He fell in love with the sport of shooting and was a rifle competitor 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, where his shooting career took off. Roe, a Sergeant in the Army, recently won an impressive six medals at the 2024 American Championships. In Paris, he will compete in the men’s 10m air rifle, mixed team air rifle, and men’s 50m air rifle.

Sagen Maddalena of Groveland, Calif., will make her second Olympic appearance this summer. A Tokyo 2020 Olympian, she was introduced to shooting through her local 4-H club. Maddalena started with high-powered rifles and eventually moved to Olympic-style shooting. She attended one of the top rifle programs in the country at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and redshirted her freshman season in 2013. Maddalena’s success was evident throughout her studies as she was an eight-time All-American. After college, Maddalena joined the U.S. Army’s marksmanship unit and her international accomplishments began to pile up. Maddalena won two medals at the 2023 ISSF World Championships, three medals at the 2023 Pan American Games, and most recently, four medals at the 2024 Americas Championship. She currently holds the world record in the women’s 50m small rifle event. This summer at the Paris 2024 Games, Maddalena will compete in the women’s 10m air rifle, mixed team air rifle and women’s 50m smallbore rifle events.

Sarasota, Florida native Mary Tucker is competing in her second Olympics in Paris this summer. A West Virginia University alumna, she is a Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist in mixed team air rifle. His Olympic silver adds to his extensive collection of more than 20 international medals. Tucker’s early experience with Olympic-style shooting is unique. She took to YouTube to learn more about the sport. She watched international finals and trained herself using the videos. His early self-taught days have clearly paid off. She recently won three medals at the 2023 Pan American Games, including gold in the women’s 50m air rifle. In Paris, she will compete in the women’s 10m air rifle, mixed team air rifle and women’s 50m air rifle events.

Peter Durben of St. Paul, Minn., will lead the team as the Olympic rifle coach for Paris. He was a member of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic shooting team and is the U.S. national rifle coach.

The first rifle event for Paris 2024 is the mixed team 10m air rifle and women’s 10m air rifle on July 27. All final events will be streamed live on Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform. You can view the Olympic shooting schedule here.

The U.S. Olympic rifle team alternates 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. View the full U.S. Olympic shooting team and Paralympic roster on the USA Shooting website.