Niccolò Campriani

Niccolò Campriani is the first Italian in the history of shooting sports to win an individual world title, which he won in 2010. The three-time Olympic Champion won his first Olympic Gold at London 2012 in the 50m Rifle Three Positions Men and did this again in Rio, where he won his third Gold in the 10m Air Rifle Men event. As a student athlete, he became a nominee for the Capital One Academic All-America First Team in 2011, among the top 15 student athletes in America’s colleges. In addition, as a Sports Engineer he had an opportunity to work for Ferrari and designed and developed his own air rifle, the same prototype that he used to win the Gold medal at Rio 2016. In his sports career, which lasted 16 years, he fired over 400,000 shots, the last of which was at the Olympic final in Rio 2016.
In this video, Niccolò talks about the mental and physical challenges during his elite sports career.

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Content

These videos form part of the book 'The Secret Balance of Champions – Health Challenges in Elite Sport'. The Secret Balance of Champions is about the health challenges that elite athletes may encounter during or after their career. The book consists of eight chapters, compiled by some of the best sports and medical experts in the world, and features the unique stories of 32 champions. This is a ‘must-read’ book for anyone striving to become the best version of themselves!

In the book: Petr Czech, Mo Farah, Marianne Timmer, Kiki Bertens, Dwight Phillips, Ila Borders, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Geremi Njitap Fotso, Danka Barteková, Arjen Robben, Maarten van der Weijden, Abhinav Bindra, Lydia Williams, Evgeniy Levchenko, Marit Bjørgen, Niccoló Campriani, Dorian van Rijsselberghe, Epke Zonderland, Blake Leeper, Elise Christie, Nouchka Fontijn, Zanele Mdodana, Florence Schelling, Alistair Overeem, Sarah Gregorius, Willie Gault, Chris Hoy, Steven Kitshoff, Jetze Plat, Suresh Raina, Apolo Anton Ohno, Chris Froome, and a foreword written by Marco van Basten.

Push Sports is the proud co-sponsor of this unique project.


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‘The Secret Balance of Champions’ was created and co-written by Vincent Gouttebarge (FIFPRO Chief Medical Officer), Gino Kerkhoffs (Orthopaedic Surgeon in elite sport at Amsterdam UMC) and Margriet de Schutter (former short-track speed skater and founder of Extopsporter.nl, an online platform for active and former elite athletes).

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