Joshua Richmond (born December 19, 1985) is an American male sport shooter who was, at one time, the world's top ranked double trap shooter. He won the

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in 2010 and 2014, and also has 12

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medals in the sport. He was favored to win the men's double trap shooting event at the

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, but placed 16th. Richmond was born in Sayre, Pennsylvania to Michael and Sandra Richmond. He attended Sullivan County High School and

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and resides in

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. He has a brother, Justin, wife Scharri, and two sons, Tristan and Beaux. In 2011 he was deployed to Afghanistan and earned the Army Commendation Medal,

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, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,

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, U.S. International Distinguished Badge and the Grenade Marksmanship Badge. With the removal of double trap from the Olympics, Josh has transitioned into shooting international trap.

Performance History

Double Trap

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* 1985 births Living people American male sport shooters Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic shooters for the United States Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pennsylvania Trap and double trap shooters {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub