Brian Edward Girling (born 14 May 1938) is a British former international

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, who competed in an Olympics and four Commonwealth Games from 1966-1990.

Sports shooting career

He competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

At the age of 28 he represented

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in the rapid fire pistol and centre fire pistol events, at the

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The event was followed by the 1966 Commonweal ...

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. Twelve years later he competed in the rapid fire pistol event again at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...

in Canada. It was not until 1986 that he finally won a medal and it was a gold medal in the 25 metres rapid fire pistol pairs, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. This was the second Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largely African, Asian and Caribbe ...

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, Scotland. He was selected for a fourth Games (aged 52); that of the

1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games () were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: at ...

in Auckland, New Zealand, where he won a bronze medal in the 25 metres rapid fire pistol pairs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Girling, Brian 1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands English male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games