David Keith Moore (born 30 December 1953 in

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) is an Australian sport shooter. Since 1995, Moore had won a total of twelve medals (four golds, four silver, and four bronze) in the air, standard, centre-fire, and free pistol at the Oceania Shooting Championships. He also captured a gold medal in the free pistol pairs, along with his partner

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, at the

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, with a combined score of 1,086 points. Moore competed for both air and free pistol shooting events at the

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in Sydney, and at the

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in Athens, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal. Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Moore qualified for his third Australian team, as a 54-year-old, at the

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in Beijing, by placing second in the men's free pistol from the 2007 Oceania Shooting Championships, coincidentally in his home city Sydney. He scored a total of 571 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's

Roger Daniel Roger Peter Daniel (born 22 February 1970 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidad and Tobago sport shooter who competes in the men's 10 metre air pistol and men's 50 metre pistol. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 36th in the qualifying round of ...

from the final attempt, finishing only in thirty-sixth place. Three days later, Moore placed thirty-fifth in his second event,

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, by one point behind French sport shooter and five-time Olympian

Franck Dumoulin Franck Dumoulin (born May 13, 1973 in Denain) is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France. Palmarès Olympic Games World Championships * 1994 World Championships (Milan, Italia) : ** Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol ** Bronze Medal in 5 ...

, with a total score of 546 targets.

Olympic results

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