Koby Holland (born September 24, 1974, in
Dillon, Montana
Dillon is a city in and the county seat of Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. The population was 3,880 at the 2020 census. The city was named for Sidney Dillon (1812–1892), president of Union Pacific Railroad.
History
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) is an American sport shooter. He has competed for
Team USA in running target shooting at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, and has won a bronze medal at the 2001 Championship of the Americas tournament in
Fort Benning, Georgia.
A resident athlete of the
United States Olympic Training Center, Holland trains under Belarusian-born coach Sergey Luzov for the America's national running target team.
Holland qualified for the U.S. shooting team in the
men's 10 m running target at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
. He occupied one of the top two berths to join with fellow marksman and three-time Olympian
Adam Saathoff
Adam Christophe Saathoff (born May 25, 1975 in Sierra Vista, Arizona) is an American sport shooter. He has competed for Team USA in running target shooting at three Olympics (1996 to 2004), and has been close to an Olympic final in 2004 (finishi ...
at the national trials, having registered a minimum qualifying standard of 566.
[ Virtually unknown to the world scene, Holland showed off his best to shoot 281 on the slow-target portion and a lowly 270 in the fast-moving round throughout the series, shutting out the final to a distant eighteenth with a total score of 551 points.]
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1974 births
Living people
American male sport shooters
Olympic shooters of the United States
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
People from Dillon, Montana
Sportspeople from Montana
20th-century American people
21st-century American people
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