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Shooting At The 2014 Commonwealth Games
Shooting sports, Shooting competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland were held from 25 to 29 July at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre. Medal table Medalists Men's events Women's events Queen's Prize (open to men & women) Participating nations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Shooting at the Commonwealth Games, 2014 2014 in shooting sports, Commonwealth Games Shooting competitions in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre
Barry Buddon Training Area is a Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence-owned rifle range and training area in Barry, Angus, Scotland, which runs adjacent to Carnoustie Golf Links and the Dundee–Aberdeen line, Dundee - Aberdeen railway Line. History Barry Buddon dates back to around 1850 when the area was used by the Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, the Panmure Battery of the Forfarshire Artillery Brigade, and a Royal Naval Reserve Battery. In 1897 the Arthur Ramsay, 14th Earl of Dalhousie, Earl of Dalhousie sold the site to the War Office for use as a military training area. The training area covers 2,300 acres (930 hectares), of which 600 acres (240 hectares) is intertidal zone. The camp was expanded in the late 1990s and has accommodation for 507. With all camps and facilities at maximum usage about 130,000 personnel could use the training area each year. The ranges were used in the 1986 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurpal Singh
Gurpal Singh (born 13 June 1980) is an Indian shooter who won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ... in the 50 m pistol event. References Living people 1980 births People from Bathinda Indian male sport shooters 21st-century Indian sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists in shooting Sport shooters from Punjab, India Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{India-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Asab
Mohammed Asab (born 10 September 1987) is an Indian shooter who competes in the double trap event. In the same event, he won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.and missed his 2nd commonwealth medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, where he secure 4th rank. medals. He also participated at the ISSF World Shooting Championships, Commonwealth Shooting Championships, World Cup, Asian Championship and won medals. He hold a world record at the ISSF World Cup in Acapulco, Mexico. Early life His early life was spent in Amroli (Bada Gaon), a small village in Meerut, India. Asab is belong to the shooter's family, His elder brother is a coach in the Indian Army and one brother plays on behalf of the Indian Air Force. Awards and recognitions * 2016- Laxman Award (Highest Sporting Honour of Uttar Pradesh) * 2016- Nominee of Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew French (sport Shooter)
Matthew French (born 8 July 1981) is a British sport shooter. He competed for England in the double trap event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ... where he won a silver medal. References 1981 births Living people English male sport shooters Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in shooting British male sport shooters Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Scott
Steven "Steve" Scott (born 10 January 1985) is a British Olympic shooter. He won a Bronze medal in the Men's Double Trap at the 2016 Olympic Games. He has won two gold medals in the same event at the Commonwealth Games. Scott was born in Lewisham, and lives in Battle, East Sussex. Sporting career Scott was selected to represent England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. With Stevan Walton, he won the men's double trap pairs event. In June 2014 at the European Championships he became European Double Trap Champion. He was selected to represent England again at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning the individual Double Trap event. In September he went on to win Bronze at the World Championships. Scott was selected to represent Team GB at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He won Bronze in the Double Trap. References External links *Steven Scottat British Shooting British Shooting is the national governing body for ISSF shooting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Manavjit Singh Sandhu (born 3 November 1976) is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in trap shooting. He is a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee in 2006 and Arjuna Awardee in 1998. He is a 4 time Olympian, having represented India at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics the London 2012 Summer Olympics and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. He is former World No. 1 ranked Trap Shooter. In November 2016, Perazzi announced Manavjit Singh Sandhu as their brand ambassador. Sandhu was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. and Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram. He belongs to the village Ratta Khera Punjab Singh Wala in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. His father is Gurbir Singh and his uncles are Randhir Singh and Parambir Singh. He won the gold medal at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, becoming the first Indian shotgun shooter to be crowned World Champion. He has won four silver medals at 1998 Asian Games, 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Heading
Aaron Heading (born 21 May 1987) is a clay-pigeon shooter, specialising in the Trap discipline. He represents England and Great Britain. In 2010 Heading earned selection for the England shooting team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi from 3–14 October 2010. He won Bronze when competing in the men's trap pairs, with partner David Kirk, and Gold in the singles event. In 2014 he was selected for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he won the Silver meal in Men's Trap. He qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He finished 23rd. At the 2022 World Championships he won in the Trap Team event with Matthew Coward-Holley and Nathan Hales. References External links *Aaron Headingat British Shooting British Shooting is the national governing body for ISSF shooting sport disciplines in the United Kingdom. The organisation serves as a single shooting body to receive public funding from UK Sport and Sport England, administer high perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Vella (sport Shooter)
Adam Joseph Vella (born 12 June 1971) is the National Shotgun Coach of the Australian Team. He is a former Australian olympic clay target shooting champion. Vella was born in Melbourne and is a Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ... four times gold medalist and an Olympic bronze medalist. Adam Vella is the only shooter who has ever ranked #1 in the World at the same time in Trap and Double Trap. Despite being the No 1 ranked shooter in the world in 2007, Adam missed on the selection to the 2008 Olympics. His international performances were not taken into consideration as per the AISL Olympic selection criteria and the position was won by Craig Henwood after beating Adam by 1 target. Adam Vella represented Australia in 2016, his third Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Warlow
Rory Warlow (13 April 1990) is an English sport shooter born in Plymouth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's skeet, finishing in 16th place. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ..., he won the bronze medal in the men's skeet, beating Cyprus's Andreas Chasikos to claim the medal. References 1990 births Living people English male sport shooters Sportspeople from Plymouth, Devon Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Christie
Drew Christie (born 1984) is an American animator and filmmaker. His animations have been featured in The Criterion Collection, ''The New York Times'', Sundance TV and ''Vanity Fai''r. In 2007 he won The Seattle Times/ Seattle International Film Festival's 3 Minute Masterpiece competition with ‘How to Bring Democracy to the Fish.’ In 2012 he was shortlisted for the Stranger Genius Awards for Song of the Spindle in the film category, which he won in 2014. In 2010 he received the Spotlight Award from ''Seattle Magazine''. He contributed animation to the documentary film Nuts! and co-created the animated series Drawn & Recorded for Spotify with music producer T Bone Burnett. He resides on Whidbey Island, Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Achilleos
Georgios Achilleos (; born 24 December 1980) is a Cypriot sports shooter and past World titlist and World No. 1 in Skeet. He is a four-time Skeet Shooting medalist in the World Championships, and a four-time Olympian, with his 5th position in Beijing 2008 being to date (as of 2017) Cyprus’ third-best all time placing at the Olympics, after Pavlos Kontides’ silver medal in Laser sailing in London 2012 and Antonis Nikolaidis’ 4th place in Skeet Shooting in Beijing 2008. He was the national flag bearer at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Achilleos has the existing distinction of being the inaugural Cypriot athlete to set a World Record in an Olympic Sport. He is the current WR holder after shooting 125/125 at the 2015 Larnaca ISSF World Cup. His inaugural World Record was in 2005 in Dubai where he scored 124+24. Early life and career Achilleos was born in London, United Kingdom in 1980. His parents originate from the town of Paphos on the west coast of Cyprus. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjeev Rajput
Master Chief Petty Officer Sanjeev Rajput (5 January 1981) is an Arjuna Awardee Indian sport shooter from Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. He was a retired Junior Commissioned Officer in Indian Navy. Early life Rajput was born on 5 January 1981 to Krishan Lal of Jagadhri. He went to SD Public School Jagadhri, Haryana. At the age of 18 he joined the Indian Navy as a sailor and left the same in 2014. Career 2004 He won three gold and a silver medal at SAF Games, Islamabad, 2004. At the national Championship Oct 2004 Sanjeev Rajput proves to be a new find by winning back to back finals with two different weapons on the final day of the National Championship at Reoti Ranges, Indore. 2005–2006 He won the 50m Free Rifle three-position and the 10m Air Rifle Champion of Champions events. He won a Team Gold in Commonwealth Shooting Championship, Melbourne in March 2005 in 50m Rifle 3 position event. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 50m Rifle Prone at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He won a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
