Ben William David Llewellin (born 11 July 1994) is a Welsh sports shooter, who won a silver medal for Wales in the
Men's skeet at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
He was born in
Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest (, ; cy, Hwlffordd ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a community, being the second most populous community in the county, ...
, the son of rally driver
David Llewellin
David Llewellin (born 3 May 1960) is a Welsh rally driver. He was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title twice in 1989 and 1990, both times at the wheel of a Toyota Celica GT-Four. In the European Rally Champion ...
. In 2016 he won a silver medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Finals in Cyprus, followed in 2017 by another at New Delhi, where he and
Riccardo Filippelli
Riccardo Filippelli (born 4 July 1980) is an Italian sport shooter, who participated at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships
The 52nd ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Changwon, South Korea from 2 to 14 September 2018.
This a ...
of Italy both fired a world record score. Later in the year he won a gold medal in the Skeet event at the Oceania and Commonwealth Shooting Federations' Championships in Australia.
He won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing second to former world champion
Georgios Achilleos
Georgios Achilleos (; born December 24, 1980) is a Cypriot sports shooter and past World titlist and World No. 1 in Skeet.
He is a four-time Skeet Shooting medalist in the World Championships, and a four-time Olympian, with his 5th position ...
of Cyprus, with a score of 56 out of 60 targets.
In September 2023 with
Amber Rutter, he won the Mixed team skeet event at the
European Shotgun Championships in Osijek.
References
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Ben Llewellinat
British Shooting
British Shooting is the national governing body for International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF shooting sport disciplines in the United Kingdom. The organisation serves as a single shooting body to receive public funding from UK Sport and Spor ...
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1994 births
Sportspeople from Haverfordwest
Skeet shooters
Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
Living people
Shooters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Shooters at the 2019 European Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Shooters at the 2023 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
European Games medalists in shooting
British male sport shooters