Brian Beaman (born May 16, 1984 in

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) is an American sport shooter. In 2011, Beaman had won a bronze medal for the men's 10 m air pistol at the

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, with a score of 686.6 points.

Shooting career

Beaman started his sporting career as an avid archer, until he decided to try out for shooting at his teenage years. He attended

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for two years majoring in agriculture, before he transferred to

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, where he studied emergency management. Beaman eventually became a member of the rifle shooting team for the NCAA Division I, until he was approached by U.S. national pistol coach

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, silver medalist at the

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, to switch from rifle to pistol. Since 2008, Beaman had been competing at the

, where he achieved numerous top-ten finishes in air ( AP60) and free pistol ( FP). He also won silver medals for the 10 m air pistol at the U.S. national championships, and claimed his first ever career title at the 2010 Championships of the Americas (CAT Games) in

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, with an impressive score of 682.3 points (580 in the preliminary rounds and 102.3 in the final). Beaman also qualified for the men's 10 m air pistol at the

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, by placing second from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in

. He had finished on exactly the same score of 682.0 points (581 in the preliminary rounds and 101 in the final), as his teammate Jason Turner, but lost in a shoot-off by two tenths of a point (0.2) for a bonus of 10.3. Beaman initially placed fifth in this event, but was upgraded to a higher position, when North Korea's

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tested positive for

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, and consequently, stripped of his bronze medal.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaman, Brian 1984 births Living people American male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters for the United States Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Dakota People from Mobridge, South Dakota Jacksonville State Gamecocks rifle shooters