Koby Holland (born September 24, 1974, in

Dillon, Montana Dillon is a city in and the county seat of Beaverhead County, Montana, Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. The population was 3,880 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city was named for Sidney Dillon (1812–1892), preside ...

) is an American sport shooter. He has competed for Team USA in running target shooting at the

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, and has won a bronze medal at the 2001 Championship of the Americas tournament in

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. A resident athlete of the

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, Holland trains under Belarusian-born coach Sergey Luzov for the America's national running target team. Holland qualified for the U.S. shooting team in the men's 10 m running target at the

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. He occupied one of the top two berths to join with fellow marksman and three-time Olympian Adam Saathoff at the national trials, having registered a minimum qualifying standard of 566. Virtually unknown to the world scene, Holland showed off his best to shoot 281 on the slow-target portion and a lowly 270 in the fast-moving round throughout the series, shutting out the final to a distant eighteenth with a total score of 551 points.

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* 1974 births Living people American male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the United States Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Dillon, Montana Sportspeople from Montana 20th-century American sportsmen 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub