Bruce Meredith (born April 19, 1937 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a sport shooter who competes for the

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in international competition. He competed in rifle shooting events at the

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1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

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, and

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. He was the oldest athlete to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the 50 metre rifle prone competition at the

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Olympic results

References

1937 births Living people Sportspeople from Wheeling, West Virginia ISSF rifle shooters United States Virgin Islands male sport shooters Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the United States Virgin Islands Shooters at the 1995 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1999 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Virgin Islands Pan American Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{USVirginIslands-sportshooting-bio-stub