300 m World Championship in Cairo: Austria sends five shooters
Cairo hosts the 300 m Rifle World Championship from 15 to 20 October 2026. Austria fields five athletes, with medal events starting on 17 October.
Cairo becomes a meeting point for international 300 m rifle shooting in mid-October. The ISSF World Championship runs from 15 to 20 October 2026. On 9 October, the Austrian Shooting Federation announced its five-person team. Competition takes place at 300 m / 328.1 yrd.
Verona Fölzer and Jasmin Kitzbichler represent Austria in the women’s events, with Patrick Diem, Alexander Schmirl and Andreas Thum competing in the men’s events. They are entered for three-position and prone shooting. Diem and Thum also contest the open standard-rifle event. Klaus Gstinig and ÖSB Sports Director Franz Roth accompany the team.
The official schedule lists arrivals and unofficial training on 15 October. Pre-event training and the technical meeting follow on 16 October. The men’s and women’s three-position medal events take place on 17 October. Women’s prone follows on 18 October, with men’s prone and the open standard-rifle event on 19 October. Departure is scheduled for 20 October.
The programme therefore concentrates the medal events into three competition days. Following the European Cup Final in Thun, Austria’s team now faces another international highlight of the season.
Official ISSF schedule: https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/3576/schedule