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Daniel Rivers (born 12 June 1991) is a British
In February 2014 Rivers won the Men's 10m air rifle at the NSRA British Open Air Gun (BOAG) Championship, becoming British Champion.
In April 2014 he was selected to represent
sport shooter
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...
. He competed for England in the 50 metre rifle three positions
50 meter rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 meter rifle three positions. It consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing ...
and the 10 metre air rifle
10 meter air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . It is one of the ISSF sports governed in shooting spor ...
events 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 gold and bronze medal respectively.
Sporting career
In February 2014 Rivers won the Men's 10m air rifle at the NSRA British Open Air Gun (BOAG) Championship, becoming British Champion.
In April 2014 he was selected to represent England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He went on to win Bronze in the 10m air rifle, and Gold in the 50m 3-position rifle.
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* 1991 births Living people English male sport shooters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-sport-bio-stub