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{{short description|Russian sport shooter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = 
| image          =Leonid Yekimov 2012.jpg
| image_size     = 250px
| caption        = Leonid Yekimov at the 2012 Olympics
| birth_name     = 
| fullname       = Leonid Aleksandrovich Yekimov
| nationality    = 
| national_team  = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]]
| residence      = 
|birth_date ={{birth-date and age|13 September 1987}}
| birth_place    = [[Novodvinsk]], [[Russian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Russia]])
| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country        = {{RUS}}
| sport          = [[shooting sport|Shooting]]
| club           = Russian Army
| retired        = 
| olympics       = 
| highestranking = 
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Shooting Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2007 European Shooting Championships|2007]] |10 m air pistol}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2008 European Shooting Championships|2008]] |10 m air pistol}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2013 European Shooting Championships|2013 Osijek]] |25 m SP team}}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2009 European Shooting Championships|2009]] |25 m standard pistol}}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2021 European Shooting Championships|2021 Osijek]] |25 m rapid fire pistol}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2021 European Shooting Championships|2021 Osijek]] |25 m rapid fire pistol mixed}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Military World Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 Military World Games|2019 Wuhan]]|25 m rapid fire pistol}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 Military World Games|2019 Wuhan]]|25 m rapid fire pistol team}}
}}

'''Leonid Aleksandrovich Yekimov''' ({{langx|ru|Леонид Александрович Екимов}}; born 13 September 1987) is a Russian [[shooting sports|sport shooter]]. At the [[2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships]], he won the junior competition in [[25 metre pistol]] and finished second in [[25 metre standard pistol]]. The following year, although still a junior, he opted to participate in the open class of the European Championships in [[10 metre air pistol]] and helped the Russian team to a gold medal and a new world record, also breaking the junior world record of [[Kanstantsin Lukashyk]] in the qualification round. He then proceeded to defeat teammates [[Mikhail Nestruyev]] and [[Vladimir Isakov]] in the final, to top a Russian triple victory and win his first international senior title. He defended this gold medal the next year after a qualification score of 591 points, two points below the world record.<ref>[http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHRUSM1309198701 EKIMOV, Leonid – RUS]. issf-sports.org</ref>

Yekimov made his Olympic debut in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|air pistol competition]] in [[Beijing]] in 2008, and finished sixth. He was also chosen as [[Sergei Alifirenko]]'s replacement in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|rapid fire pistol competition]], when Alifirenko, who won gold in Sydney and bronze in Athens, had to withdraw. Although not a renowned rapid fire shooter, Yekimov has won a national competition in the event and when attaining his minimum qualification score for the Olympics, he reached a score of 586 in Munich, only five points behind the world record. In Beijing, Yekimov was in the lead after the first day but dropped to second after the second stage and finally to fourth after the final.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200221210410/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=leonid+ekimov+ Leonid Yekimov]. sports-reference.com</ref>

== Performance timelines ==

=== 50 metre pistol ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center"
!
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Olympic Games
|colspan=2 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|—
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Championships
|—
|colspan=3 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Championships
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|—
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|style="background: #ccffcc"|5th<br/>557+93.5
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 1
|—
|—
|—
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Silver2}} [[2009 ISSF World Cup|Silver]]<br/>573+92.0
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 2
|—
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Silver2}} [[2007 ISSF World Cup|Silver]]<br/>562+95.7
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[2008 ISSF World Cup|8th]]<br/>562+89.5
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 3
|—
|[[2007 ISSF World Cup|9th]]<br/>561
|—
|[[2009 ISSF World Cup|16th]]<br/>560
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 4
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[2006 ISSF World Cup|5th]]<br/>563+94.7
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup Final
|NQ
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[2007 ISSF World Cup|4th]]<br/>562+92.9
|NQ
|''[[2009 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol)#Men's 50 metre pistol|Qualified]]''
|}

=== 25 metre rapid fire pistol ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center"
!
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Olympic Games
|colspan=2 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|4th]]<br/>581+197.2
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Championships
|—
|colspan=3 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Championships
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|—
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 1
|—
|—
|—
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[2009 ISSF World Cup|6th]]<br/>585+183.8
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 2
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 3
|—
|—
|—
|[[2009 ISSF World Cup|8th]]<br/>580
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 4
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup Final
|NQ
|NQ
|NQ
|''[[2009 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol)#Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|Qualified]]''
|}

=== 25 metre standard pistol ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center"
!
!2009
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Championships
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Championships
|{{Silver2}} Silver<br/>575
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Cup 1
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Cup 2
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Cup 3
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Cup 4
|
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Cup Final
|''Qualified''
|}

=== 10 metre air pistol ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center"
!
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Olympic Games
|colspan=2 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|5th]]<br/>582+98.5
|style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Championships
|—
|colspan=3 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
|style="text-align: left"|European Championships
|—
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Gold medal}}<br/>588+99.3
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Gold medal}}<br/>591+100.3
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 1
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Bronze3}} [[2006 ISSF World Cup|Bronze]]<br/>587+96.4
|—
|—
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Gold1}} [[2009 ISSF World Cup|Gold]]<br/>587+104.0
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 2
|—
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Silver2}} [[2007 ISSF World Cup|Silver]]<br/>584+102.1
|[[2008 ISSF World Cup|18th]]<br/>580
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 3
|—
|[[2007 ISSF World Cup|14th]]<br/>582
|style="background: #ccffcc"|{{Silver2}} [[2008 ISSF World Cup|Silver]]<br/>584+102.7
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup 4
|[[2006 ISSF World Cup|12th]]<br/>580
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="text-align: left"|World Cup Final
|style="background: #ccffcc"|[[2006 ISSF World Cup|6th]]<br/>578+101.3
|NQ
|NQ
|''[[2009 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol)#Men's 10 metre air pistol|Qualified]]''
|}

== Records ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
!colspan=9| Current world records held in [[10 metre air pistol]]
|-
| Men
{{Shooting WR AP60 Men Teams}}
|-
| Junior Men
{{Shooting WR AP60 Junior Men Individual}}
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Russian male sport shooters]]
[[Category:ISSF pistol shooters]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters for Russia]]
[[Category:European Games competitors for Russia]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2015 European Games]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in shooting]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Military World Games gold medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Military World Games medalists in shooting]]
[[Category:Military World Games silver medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen]]