Benjamin Thomas Stoeger is an American
competition shooter and
firearm
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s instructor who started competing actively in 2005. He placed first in the
2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each ar ...
, second behind
Bob Vogel
Robert Louis Vogel (born September 23, 1941) is a former professional American football offensive lineman for the Baltimore Colts from 1963 to 1972. During that span he appeared in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V for the Colts and was selected fo ...
in the
2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and placed third in the
2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot behind
Eric Grauffel
Éric Grauffel is a French sport shooter and firearms instructor with seven overall IPSC Handgun World Champion titles and one Junior World Champion title. He is known for having an unprecedented winning streak, and has won 191 IPSC President M ...
and
Simon "JJ" Racaza. He is also three time
IPSC US Handgun Production Champion (2012, 2013 and 2015), eight time
USPSA Handgun Production Champion (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019).
Associations
At Ben Stoeger's personal websit
benstoeger.comhe includes his views and tips about how to shoot the Action Shooting sports of IPSC and USPSA, and some of the latest competition gear for those sports.
Practical Shooting After Darkis a podcast featuring Stoeger and other USPSA competitors discussing the sport.
Practical Shooting Training Groupis an online coaching platform for USPSA/IPSC Practical Shooting created by Stoeger and fellow competitor Hwansik Kim. The site contains drills with video explanations and written diagrams, training video, and a venue to get feedback on student-submitted videos.
Bibliography
; Books
* ''Champion Shooting: Guaranteed Results in 15 Minutes A Day'' (2012) by Jay Hirshberg and Ben Stoeger
* ''Champion Shooting: A Proven Process for Success at Any Level'' (2012) by Jay Hirshberg and Ben Stoeger
* ''Practical Pistol - Fundamental Techniques and Competition Skills'' (2013) by Ben Stoeger
* ''Dry-Fire Training: For the Practical Pistol Shooter'' (2014) by Ben Stoeger
* ''Skills and Drills: For the Practical Pistol Shooter'' (2014) by Ben Stoeger, Timmy Meyers, Ronnie Casper, Brandon Edwards
* ''Practical Pistol Reloaded'' (2016) by Ben Stoeger
* ''DryFire Reloaded'' (2017) by Ben Stoeger
* ''Skills and Drills Reloaded'' (2018) by Ben Stoeger
*''Breakthrough Marksmanship'' (2019) by Ben Stoeger
;
;Videos
* ''Training to Win with Ben Stoeger'' (2014)
*''Practical Pistol Foundations with Ben Stoeger'' (2015)
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See also
*
Eric Grauffel
Éric Grauffel is a French sport shooter and firearms instructor with seven overall IPSC Handgun World Champion titles and one Junior World Champion title. He is known for having an unprecedented winning streak, and has won 191 IPSC President M ...
, French sport shooter
*
Max Michel
Maxient John Jr. Michel (born 15 December 1981) is an action shooting competitor from the US. He became IPSC Handgun World Champion in the Open division in 2014. He is also the only seven-time winner of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting C ...
, American sport shooter
*
Jorge Ballesteros
Jorge Ballesteros Fernández (27 May 1983 – 10 January 2023) was a Spanish sport shooter
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, Spanish sport shooter
Hwansik Kim* Trevor Cotter Bangin Brass Future World Champion
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
IPSC shooters
American male sport shooters
Place of birth missing (living people)
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