Michael Paul Voigt (September 23, 1958 – March 24, 2018) was
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of the
United States Practical Shooting Association
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(USPSA) from 2000 to 2012.
He later worked for
Surefire LLC in the Suppressor R&D division, in addition to working with
Safariland
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R&D.
Michael has won numerous world and national titles in
handgun,
shotgun,
rifle, and
multigun
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through over 30 years of competition. A few of these titles include the
IPSC World Championship Individual titles 3 times, IPSC World Team Championship 7 times, IPSC Continental Shotgun 2 times, IPSC Continental handgun 2 times, International Tactical Rifle Championship 5 times and USPSA multi-gun 14 times.
Michael Voigt was influential in the formation of
Strayer Voigt Inc and their line of Infinity Firearms of modular wide-frame 1911s, also called 2011s. Strayer-Voigt, Inc. was started in June 1994 when its founder Sandy Strayer left
STI International Inc to form his own company, and then joined forces with Michael Voigt who contributed both as a professional shooter and gunsmith.
Michael died in 2018 from cancer.
[https://uspsa.org/announcement/576]
References
External links
Official homepage* https://web.archive.org/web/20090702065557/http://www.shootingusa.com/PRO_TIPS/MICHAEL_VOIGT/michael_voigt.html
1958 births
2018 deaths
IPSC shooters
IPSC World Shoot Champions
American male sport shooters
Place of birth missing
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