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Shooting At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Double Trap
The men's double trap competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 20 September. Home shooter Russell Mark set a new Olympic record in the qualification round and was close to defending his inaugural double trap title from Atlanta, but lost the gold medal shoot-off to Richard Faulds. Fehaid Al Deehani won the first Olympic medal ever for Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort .... Records The existing World and Olympic records were as follows. Qualification round The qualification round consisted of 25 doubles in the A programme, 25 in the B programme, and 25 in the C programme. OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final Final The final repeated the C programme for the top six competitors. References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney International Shooting Centre
The Sydney International Shooting Centre in Cecil Park, New South Wales, Australia was built for the shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. It has also been used for ISSF World Cup The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four comp ... events in 2002, 2004, 2007 and the 2007 rifle and pistol events. It has hosted the Oceania Shooting Federation Championships since 1999 and is available for licensed shooters to use the facilities on a day-by-day basis. See alsoSydney International Shooting Centre* 2000 Summer Olympics venues References2000 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. p. 380. Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic shooting venues Shooting ranges in Australia Sports venues in Sydney Shooting sports in Australia {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Piñero
Sergio Piñero (born 28 November 1974, in Spain) is a trap shooter who competes for the Dominican Republic. He competed in the trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... and placed 20th in the qualification round. References 1974 births Living people Spanish male sport shooters Dominican Republic male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Spain Olympic shooters for the Dominican Republic Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Spanish people {{DominicanRepublic-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Gros
Jean-Paul Gros (born 10 December 1960 in Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon) is a French former sport shooter who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1960 births Living people French male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for France Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rhône (department) 20th-century French people {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Alipov
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Alipov (russian: Алексей Александрович Алипов, born 7 August 1975) is a Russian olympic Trap shooter. He is the 2004 Olympic champion in that discipline. Career Born in Moscow, he was trained at the Russian Academy of Sport. He participates for the Russian Army Sports Club, based in Moscow. He competed at the 2000 Sydney Games where he finished ninth, but he achieved his ambition on 15 August 2004 at the Athens Olympics after a flawless final round in which he was on target with all 25 shots to finish with an overall score of 149 out of 150, beating Italy's Giovanni Pellielo into the silver medal position, while Australia's Adam Vella took bronze. His hobbies include hunting and fishing, and he was in 2006 ranked eighth in the world in Trap by the International Shooting Sport Federation The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic shooting events in rifle, pistol and shotgun ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Keever
William Keever (born March 14, 1976) is an American former sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1974 births Living people American male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the United States Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in shooting 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walton Eller
Walton Glenn Eller III (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and five-time U.S. Olympic athlete (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in men's double trap setting both an Olympic Record and a Final Olympic Record. Eller was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Clara Anne (née Rackley) and Walton Glenn Eller, Jr. He attended James E. Taylor High School in Katy, a suburb of Houston. In 1996, Eller was the first American to win the British Open Sporting Clay junior title. In 1994, he was the U.S. National Sporting Clay subjunior champion. Additionally, Glenn Eller is a Sergeant First Class in the United States Army. He is part of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit The United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU or AMU) is a part of U.S. Army providing small arms marksmanship training for soldiers and enhancing Army recruiting. The unit was originally established in 1956 at the direction of president Dwight ... (USAMU), stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimo Kauppila
Raimo Kauppila (born 29 July 1958) is a Finnish sports shooter. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Career During his sport career he won nine international medals at European Championships, four individual and five with the Finnish team, all of these in the double trap Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed. The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot .... References Achievements ;Individual External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kauppila, Raimo 1958 births Living people Finnish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Finland Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Nivala Sportspeople from North Ostrobothnia 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashfi Al-Mutairi
Mashfi Al-Mutairi ( ar, مشفي المطيري; born July 19, 1973 in Kuwait City) is a Kuwaiti sport shooter. He won a bronze medal in double trap shooting at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, and was eventually selected to compete for the Kuwaiti team in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Al-Mutairi is a member of the Kuwait City Shooting Club, where he trains full-time under Italian-born coach and 1996 Olympian Mirco Cenci. Al-Mutairi's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he shot 134 out of 150 hits to force a two-way tie for tenth place with Finland's Raimo Kauppila in the men's double trap, just five targets away from the final cutoff. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Al-Mutairi qualified for his second Kuwaiti team in the men's double trap, after having achieved a minimum qualifying score of 137 from his second-place finish at the Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , anthem = '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Innocenti
Marco Innocenti (born 16 August 1978) is an Italian sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Italian male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters of Italy Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Prato Sportspeople from the Province of Prato 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar Schanz
Waldemar Schanz (born 9 August 1968) is a German sport shooter who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ..., and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. References 1968 births Living people German male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for Germany Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century German people {{Germany-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
