Anthony Brian Hebditch (15 July 1948 – 1 November 2023) was a British sports shooter. He competed in the mixed skeet event at the

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Career

In October 1972, Hebditch represented England in the skeet event at the European Commonwealth Shooting Championships alongside David Seabrook and Alec Bennett. The team finished in all three podium positions. In May 1979, Hebditch won the British Open Sporting Championship of the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association.

Personal life

Hebditch was hit by a lorry outside a garden centre in Titchfield, near

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, on 1 November 2023, and was declared dead at the scene. He was 75.

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* 1948 births 2023 deaths British male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cheltenham 20th-century British sportsmen {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub