Elmira Karapetyan Wins Silver at 2026 World Shooting Championships in Doha

Armenian national team member Elmira Karapetyan has won a silver medal at the 2026 World Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar. The Armenian shooter finished second in the women's 50m pistol event.

On November 3, Karapetyan scored 542 points across six series to secure second place among 17 competitors.

Turkey's Şevval İlayda Tarhan claimed the world title with 546 points, finishing just four points ahead of the Armenian athlete.

The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan's Irina Yunusmetova, who scored 537 points.

Karapetyan delivered a particularly strong performance in the second half of the competition. She recorded 93, 94 and 95 points in her final three series, helping her secure the silver medal.

2026 World Shooting Championships – Women's 50m Pistol Results

1. Şevval İlayda Tarhan (Turkey) — 546 points

2. Elmira Karapetyan (Armenia) — 542 points

3. Irina Yunusmetova (Kazakhstan) — 537 points

It is worth noting that the women's 50m pistol event is not part of the Olympic programme. Therefore, medals awarded in this discipline do not provide qualification quota places for the Olympic Games.

The 2026 ISSF World Shooting Championships are taking place in Doha from November 1 to 14. The competition also marks the beginning of the qualification pathway for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, with 36 Olympic quota places available across the Olympic shooting events.

Karapetyan's silver medal represents an important achievement for Armenia at one of the season's major international shooting competitions.