4th World University Shooting Championship

The 4th World University Shooting Championship will be held from 4 to 9 September on two venues — Sviyaga Shotgun Range and Shooting Range Complex for Rifle and Pistol Disciplines in the Mirny Village.

The event's organisers are the International University Sports Federation (FISU), Russian Student Sports Union (RSSU) and Executive Committee of the 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan. The championship will include 17 individual and 17 team events; 34 gold, 34 silver, 34 bronze medals will be decided during the sporting event. The expected quantity of participants is about 500 athletes. According to the championship's rules, athletes aged 18-27 are eligible to compete in the event, and each country may enter a maximum of forty-two (42) persons.

Shooting is a competitive sport involving tests of accuracy and speed using firearms and airguns. It is divided into pistol and rifle shooting where participants shoot a pistol or a rifle and attempt to hit a 10-ringed target from a set distance and trap and skeet shooting where participants shoot a shotgun and attempt to break clay disks flung into the air at high speed from a variety of angles.

Both types of shooting are included in the Olympic programme and are among the oldest Olympic disciplines. The first shooting events were held at the 2nd Olympic Games in Paris in 1900. Women's events were added to the schedule in 1984.

Shooting events represented at the championship in Kazan will be Pistol, Rifle and Shotgun.