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36 USA Shooting News | Olympic Preview Issue 2012

Men’s Double Trap

Men’s Skeet

Men’s Trap

Women’s Skeet

Women’s Trap

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History in the making is the prelude to the Olympic Games for the U.S. Olympic Team for Shotgun and the weight of such is shoul-dered by not just one, but all six double-barreled medal threats. The five-in-five quest for Kim Rhode will certainly dominate the headlines but given that happens two days into the Olympic shooting competition, the other five U.S. team members will have time to write their own Olympic histories.

Olympic gold medalists Vincent Hancock and Glenn Eller will look to become just the eighth and ninth shooters ever to repeat as Olympic champions. Hancock, as steely-eyed and intense a competitor as you’ll find in the sport, is back to his dominating destruction of the skeet targets. He has just one World Cup medal since winning gold in Beijing, but has gotten his game back on track after having two children since 2008.

Eller’s biggest threat to a repeat might just be his own team-mate Josh Richmond who has simply dominated the field in Double Trap since 2008, winning a World Championship and seven World Cup medals including two in events earlier this year. The three-time Olympian Eller admits his focus hasn’t been the same since his gold-medal triumph and the results have shown with no World Cup medals compared to the eight he earned during the 2004-2008 quad. He does own a World Championships medal from 2011 and a newfound comfort level with his replacement Beretta, compliments of his Olympic gun never turning up during a trip to Chile.

Corey Cogdell is the fourth Olympic medalist making a return visit to Olympic competition. An athlete who seemingly shoots best when the pressure is the greatest, Cogdell was down six targets coming into the Tucson Olympic Trials, and took con-trol with a second-day 94 and would cruise to a 10-point win. She’s primed to improve on her bronze-medal finish after win-ning a gold medal at the Tucson World Cup in March.

With 25 targets remaining in his Olympic quest during the Team Trials, an Olympic spot looked bleak for Frank Thompson. Jon Mi-chael McGrath entered the event final three targets up on Mark Weeks and Frank Thompson and in the driver’s seat for Olympic selection. Having missed just one target in 150 previous shots, McGrath dropped three targets in the final round while Weeks and Thompson aced their final test with perfect 25s forcing a 25-target shoot-off. Thompson would continue his late-game pressure shooting in the three-person shoot-out with another 25 while McGrath dropped a target on station four that would secure Thompson’s Olympic spot after Weeks’ two missed clays.

A rancher’s son, Thompson has as even a temperament on the skeet field as any competitor and it proved to be his saving grace when the pressure of the day was at its highest.

Frank Thompson is a hard-working,

dedicated young athlete who carries

those attributes throughout the rest of

his life. Following his exciting Men’s

Skeet Olympic nomination in a

sweltering Tucson—Thompson outlasted

two other athletes in a full-round

shoot-off—he headed home to Alliance,

Neb., to help his family brand cows on

their ranch. Motivated by his family,

country and dreams of a gold medal,

he’ll join reigning Olympic Champion

Vincent Hancock at the Royal Artillery

Barracks in London.

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Josh RichmondMen’s Double TrapRanked #2 in the WorldFirst-time Olympian2010 World Champion

Kim Rhode

Women’s Skeet

Ranked #1 in the World

4x Olympic Medalist

2x World Champion


Kim Rhode Women’s skeet | Women’s trap

Date of Birth: 07/16/1979

hometown: El Monte, Calif. birthplace: Whittier, Calif.

firearm: Perazzi

www.facebook.com/KimberlyRhode

@@KimRhode

Competition Highlights– Four-time Olympic Medalist

(2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) – Looking to become 1st U.S. athlete to win 5 medals in 5 consecutive

Games in an individual sport– 2008 Olympic silver medalist (skeet)– 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist (Double Trap), 5th Place (Skeet)– 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist (Double Trap)– 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist (Double Trap)– Three-time World Championship Medalist (2012, 2002, 1998)– Four-time Pan American Games Medalist (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)

Personal

Kim got her competitive start in American Skeet at the age of 10.

After winning the World Championship at age 13, she became captain

of the All-American Team. This opened the door to the Olympic style of

International Double Trap and International Skeet. She has captured

13 National Championship gold medals since making the National

Team in 1995. Kim’s career also includes 28 medals in international

competitions including four Olympic medals.

Taking time off after her success in the 2004 Olympic Games,

Rhode returned in 2006 with a new focus: the Women’s Skeet event.

Women’s Double Trap was removed from the Olympic Games following

the 2004 Games in Athens. Rhode successfully pocketed a silver

medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in Women’s Skeet. She is a member

of the Safari Club International and an honorary lifetime member

of the National Rifle Association.

Kim keeps busy with training, public speaking, shoot-

ing demonstrations, skiing and hunting, and is an avid

builder and restorer of antique and muscle cars. She

also collects 1800’s and 1900’s first edition children’s

books, her favorite being The Wizard of Oz series.

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Vincent Hancock Men’s skeet


hometown: Eatonton, Ga. birthplace: Port Charlotte, Fla.

firearm: Beretta

@Vincent_Hancock

Competition Highlights– 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist

(Set Olympic Record & Final Olympic Record)– Two-time Pan American Games Gold Medalist (2011, 2007)– 2010 & 2012 National Championship, Gold Medalist– Two-time World Champion (2009, 2005)– Nine-time World Cup Medalist

Personal

Nine-time World Cup Medalist Sergeant Vincent Hancock

has been shooting since he was a very young child and

started competing when he was 11 years old. Hancock also

holds several national records in Men’s Skeet. In 2005, at

the young age of 16, Vincent won his first World Champion-

ship title in Men’s Skeet and went on to win the prestigious

International Shooting Sport Federation’s Shooter of the Year

award. He is currently a member of the U.S. Army Marksman-

ship Unit (USAMU) in Fort Benning, Ga. Married to Rebekah

and they have two daughters, Bailey and Brenlyn. Wants to

operate his own shooting academy after his competitive

career is complete.

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Frank Thompson Men’s skeet


hometown: Alliance, Neb. birthplace: Alliance, Neb.

firearm: Krieghoff

Competition Highlights– 2011 & 2012 National Championship Silver medalist– 2009 National Championship Bronze medalist– 2008 National Championship Silver medalist– 2009 World Championship Gold Medalist (Team Skeet)

Personal

With a little help from his dad, Frank got his start in

shooting when he was 10 years old. Frank honed his

skills through the sporting clays programs and made

the National Development Team in 2006. Frank has

been a Resident Athlete at the Olympic Training Center

in Colorado Springs since 2006. Frank’s second cousin,

Patty Durkin, is a three-time medalist (two gold and one

bronze) in Paralympic Wheelchair Track, in Barcelona in

1992. In high school, Frank also played tennis and was

on the wrestling team. In his free time, Frank enjoys hunt-

ing, fishing, motor sports and working on the family ranch

in Nebraska where they have about 500 head of cattle.

After earning his spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team,

Frank celebrated by heading home to that ranch to help

brand cattle. Favorite quote: “With time and grass, a cow

makes milk.”

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Josh Richmond Men’s Double trap


hometown: Hillsgrove, Pa. birthplace: Sayre, Pa.

firearm: Perazzi

@JoshuaRichmond4

Competition Highlights– 2012 National Championship Silver Medalist– 2010 World Champion– 2007 Pan American Games Champion– 2005 Junior World Champion– Seven-time World Cup Medalist

Personal

Staff Sergeant Joshua Richmond’s father won him his first

shotgun at a trap competition when Josh’s mother was

pregnant with him. He fired his first shot out of a shot-

gun at the age of 5 and began shooting competitively

at the age of 11. Josh is currently a member of the

U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit at Ft. Benning, Ga.

and is taking online courses through Troy State Uni-

versity, studying general education. Josh is among

the leading Men’s Double Trap shooters in the world

and is a serious contender for the 2012 Olympic

podium. Josh was on his high school basketball team

and enjoys bass fishing, hunting, horseback riding and

anything in the outdoors. Recently purchased a big

truck that he loves to take 4-wheelin’ in the mud.

Married to wife Scharri and they have two sons, Tris-

ton and Beaux.

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Glenn Eller Men’s double trap


hometown: Katy, Texas birthplace: Houston, Texas

firearm: Beretta

@wgeller3

Competition Highlights– Three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008)– 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist– 2004 Olympic Games, 17th Place– 2000 Olympic Games, 12th Place– 2011 Pan American Games Gold Medalist– Nine-time World Cup Medalist

Personal

In 1996, Glenn was the first American to win the

prestigious British Open Sporting Clay title. He

began shooting at 8 years old under the direction

of Jay Herbert. He has also trained with Olympian

Dan Carlisle. Glenn enjoys hunting, golf and was

also involved in track in high school. Sergeant

Glenn Eller is currently a member of the U.S.

Army Marksmanship Unit stationed in Fort

Benning, Ga.


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Corey CogdellUSA Shooting National Shotgun Team2008 Olympic Bronze MedalistMultiple World Cup Medalist

Frank ThompsonUSA Shooting National Shotgun Team2011 Pan American Team

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Corey Cogdell women’s trap


hometown: Eagle River, Alaska birthplace: Palmer, Alaska

firearm: Krieghoff

www.facebook.com/Corey- Cogdell

@CoreyCogdell

Competition Highlights– 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist– 2007 Pan American Games Bronze Medalist– Three-time World Cup Medalist

Personal

Corey grew up hunting with her father. She began at 3 years old, which

fostered a love for shooting. A few years later, she joined the 4-H pro-

gram and started to develop her trap shooting skills. The experience

pushed her to seek out teaching resources from others in the field.

Corey made the National Development Team in 2006 at Fall Selec-

tion when she placed first in the Junior Women’s Trap competition after

shooting for only a few years. That same day, she made the National

Team when her score also placed her third in the Women’s Trap competition.

In her first international competition, the 2007 Changwon World Cup, Cogdell

captured the bronze medal. Corey worked in a cooking school for two years

as an assistant chef. As part of her job, she traveled to Italy to study how to

prepare authentic Italian food. Corey also has a love of old cars, in particular

Jeeps and Mustangs. Corey is currently a Resident Athlete at the Olympic

Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Beyond the shooting range, she has a wide range of interests. Corey played

basketball in grade school and was a competitive skier as a teen. In her

free time, Corey enjoys riding motorcycles, rock climbing, hunting, fishing and

downhill skiing.

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