Michael Constantine Diamond, OAM

Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...

 (born 20 May 1972 in Goulburn, New South Wales

Goulburn, New South Wales

Goulburn is a provincial city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Government Area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway and above sea-level. On Census night 2006, Goulburn had a population of 20,127 people...

) is a professional target shooter from Australia. Mastering the shotgun, Diamond succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal for trap

Olympic Trap

Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...

 both in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). He also holds the world record in double trap

Double Trap

Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....

, and held the final world record in trap between 2007 and 2008. Diamond is of Greek heritage. In 1997, he changed his surname from Diamondopolous to Diamond.

He won the trap event at the 2007 World Shotgun Championships

2007 World Shotgun Championships

The 2007 ISSF World Shotgun Championships were held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from September 3 to September 9, 2007.- Medal count :- Results :- External links :*...

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Olympic results

Event	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
Trap Olympic Trap Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...  (mixed)	11th Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Trap Trap was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the last Olympic trap competition open to both men and women. The competition consisted of a qualification round of 150 targets, a semifinal of 50 targets for the top 24 competitors, and a final of 25 targets for the... 147+46	Not held
Trap Olympic Trap Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...  (men)	Not held	Gold Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's trap Men's trap shooting was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Michael Diamond won, setting two new Olympic records, ahead of two Americans... 124+25	Gold Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's trap -Qualification round:The qualification round comprised 75 targets on day 1, and 50 targets on day 2.Q Qualified for final- Final :... 122+25	8th Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Trap The men's trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 14 and 15 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.-Qualification round:EOR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final-Final:... 119	4th 119+23
Double trap Double Trap Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....  (men)	Not held	—	9th Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's double trap -Qualification round:The qualification round consisted of 25 doubles in the A programme, 25 in the B programme, and 25 in the C programme.OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final- Final :... 135	—	—

Records

Current world records held in double trap Double Trap Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
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