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Parramatta, New South Wales
Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...
) is an Australian sport shooter. He won the bronze medal in the 50 metre rifle prone at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
. He won two of the four competitions during the 2007 World Cup season
2007 ISSF World Cup
The 2007 ISSF World Cup was held in the fifteen Olympic shooting events. Four qualification events were held in each event, spanning from March to July, and the best shooters qualified for the ISSF World Cup Final in October, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand for the rifle and pistol events, and...
. In the 2008 ISSF World Cup
2008 ISSF World Cup
The 2008 ISSF World Cup was the twenty-third annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation...
, he won two bronzes as well as the gold in the pre-Olympic event in Beijing, where he equalled Christian Klees
Christian Klees
Christian Klees is a German former sport shooter, the only shooter since the 1989 target change to have achieved the maximum score in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the Olympic Games. He did this in at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
's world record for the final aggregate score.
Olympic results
| Event | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
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| 50 metre rifle prone 50 metre rifle prone 50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle... |
19th Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle prone -Qualification round:DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final-Final:... 593 |
42nd 586 |
Bronze 595+105.5 |
Records
| Current world records held in 50 metre rifle prone 50 metre rifle prone 50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle... |
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