Vincent Hancock

In 2005, at age 16, Hancock won his first World Championship title in men's skeet and went on to win the prestigious International Shooting Sport Federation's Shooter of the Year award. He won the gold medal in the World Championships in 2009.^[8]

Hancock later attended Troy University in Troy, Alabama, where he graduated in 2014 with a degree in business management.^[9] After his graduation, Hancock became a sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, and in 2015 became the third athlete to win three men's skeet World Championships. He has participated in 11 World Championships.^[10]

Following his gold medal win in the 2015 World Championships, Hancock represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 15th place.^[10]

He qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics,^[11] where he won his third Olympic gold medal, ahead of Jesper Hansen of Denmark and Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait.^[12]

Hancock is one of the most decorated shooters in the history of the sport, holding a total of 29 medals from various world competitions, including the Olympics.^[13]

Hancock resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife and two daughters. He is an owner of Northlake Shooting Sports, a youth-oriented range focused on clay shooting where he has coached fellow Olympic medalist Conner Prince.^[14][15] In 2024, Hancock expressed an interest in shifting attention from Olympic training to the business side of sport shooting and plans to open multiple shooting ranges in the United States,^[16] though after winning at Paris he has said he plans to compete in the 2028 games.^[17] Hancock is a Christian.^[18]

Skeet

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Olympic Games	Not held			Gold 121+24	Not held			Gold 123+25	Not held			15th 119	Not held				Gold 122+59	Not held
World Championships	123+25	Not held	Bronze 123+24	Not held	Gold 124+25	5th 123+24	67th 119	—	10th 121	9th 121	Gold 122(16)+16	—	—	Gold 125+59	—	—	—	Silver 123(32)+27+35
Pan American Games/COTA	Not held	Not held	Gold 122+25	Not held	—	Not held	Gold 122+25	Not held	—	Not held	—	Not held	—	Not held	—	Not held	—
World Cup 1	Gold 124+25	—	28th 118	4th 121+21	—	4th 122+24	7th 122	11th 121	Gold 123+59	—	Gold 125(16)+16	4th 121(14)+14	—	Gold 123+59	Gold	—	—	—
World Cup 2	Silver 124+24	5th 120+24	—	—	10th 121		33rd 119	4th 122+24	—	12th 120	4th 123(15)+14	5th 122(14)	—	Gold 123+59	—	Not held	—	Silver 125(6)+28+38
World Cup 3	Gold 123+25	—	Gold 125+25	Gold 123+24	—	4th 123+21	—	—	—	41st 119	44th 117	Bronze 123(15)+16	—	Gold 123+56	Gold	Not held	Silver	Gold 123(6)+30+34
World Cup 4	Gold 124+25	—	—	—	10th 117	Bronze 122+25	69th 116	—	33rd 119	—	Gold 124(16)+15	—	—	—	—	Not held	—	—
World Cup Final	Silver 123+25	NQ	DNS	Silver 123+24	Silver 122+21	—	—	Silver 122+24	—	—	Silver 123(16)+15	5th 121(14)	—	Gold	Silver	Not held	—	—