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Paul Adams
Athlete Biography
Paul Adams secured his Olympic debut by becoming one of only two Australians to shoot a
benchmark score and win one of the three Australian selection events. Having shot a skeet
quali倀茂cation score of 122, Adams won the Australia Cup 2 event in Sydney to book his ticket to Rio.
He began shooting at the age of ten when his grandfather got him into the sport. He switched to
the Olympic discipline of skeet in 2010 with a goal of making his Olympic debut in 2012. He just
missed out on making the London team and would need to wait another four years to get his
chance to live out his dream.
Having 倀茂nished fourth at the 2014 Tucson World Cup event, he went on to compete at the 2014
Commonwealth Games. Adams shot the second highest quali倀茂cation score to move into the six-
man 倀茂nal. With the scores reset, Adams shot 11 out of the 16 targets missing out on the bronze-
medal shoot-o倀ࠃ by a single target.
Adams missed only one target in quali倀茂cation at the 2015 National Championships, shooting a new
personal best of 124/125 targets on his way to becoming national champion. The result quali倀茂ed
him for the 2015 World Championships where he was disappointed to 倀茂nish 27th.
He has balanced his shooting commitments with his studies and recently graduated as a registered
nurse. He has taken on a role in his home city of Brisbane in a public hospital.
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Fast Facts
Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s Skeet Men Nickname Paul
Height 185 Weight 98
Age 24 Born Toowoomba , QLD, Australia
Lives Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
17th (skeet) - ISSF World Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan)
11th (skeet) - ISSF World Cup (Rio, Brazil)
3rd (skeet) - 2015 Oceania Championships (Sydney, Australia)
67th (skeet) - ISSF World Cup (Larnaca, Cyprus)
27th (skeet) - ISSF World Championships (Lonato, Italy)
Career Highlights
4th Place at World Cup Tuscon 2014
7th place at First World Champs 2013
Current Australian overall champion 3 years running
Education
Primary Mueller College (QLD, Australia)
Secondary Mueller College (QLD, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Nursing
Training
Coach Ian Mathieson (2002-current)
Club Brisbane Gun Club
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Institute/Academy Queensland Academy of Sport
Primary Training Base Belmont, Brisbane
Q&A
Superstition/s Karma
Favourite food Thai
Favourite holiday destination Bahamas
Favourite music EDM
Dream car Lamborghini
Personal Motto "One at a Time"
Star Sign Gemini
I would spend my last $10 on Food
Tattoos/Piercings Left upper Chest with my motto "One at a Time" with IWM initials under for
grandfathers name.
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Fencing
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Usain Bolt
First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman winning 400m
Most In펏쐶uential person in your career/life Mum Why this sport? Something di倀ࠃerent and its fun to shoot things out of the sky
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Blake Blackburn
Athlete Biography
Pistol shooter Blake Blackburn will make his Olympic debut in Rio, a journey that started 12 years
earlier when he was 12 and began shooting with his grandparents.
Blackburn secured his 㽄鮦rst senior national title when he won the 10m air pistol event in Cessnock in
2014 to see him gain selection on his 㽄鮦rst Commonwealth Games Team.
He went on to compete in the 10m air pistol event in Glasgow. He scored a quali㽄鮦cation mark of
562 to see him miss out on the 㽄鮦nal and 㽄鮦nish in 14th. Australian teammate Daniel Repacholi went
on to win the gold in the event.
After a bronze and silver medal in the 2013 Oceania Championships he won his 㽄鮦rst Continental
Championship in 2015 after shooting a score of 196.8 in the 㽄鮦nal. The result followed his second
national title in the year.
From Newcastle, NSW he is a bartender and works under the guidance of the National High
Performance Coach Vladimir Galiabovitch.
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Event/s 10m Air Pistol Men Height 181
Weight 82 Age 23
Born Fair㽄鮦eld, NSW, Australia Lives Cessnock, NSW, Australia
Associated Olympians
Warren Potent
David Chapman
Lalita Yauhleuskaya
Mitchell Iles
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Career Highlights
Winning the Oceania Championships.
Winning the National Championships in 2014 and 2015
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Education
Primary Seven Hills West Srimary School (NSW, Australia)
Secondary Mount View High School (NSW, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of psychology - University of Newcastle
Training
Club Cessnock pistol club, nsw, australia
Primary Training Base Cessnock
Q&A
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Favourite food Pork belly
Favourite holiday destination Gold Coast
Favourite music Country
Dream car 69 charger
Star Sign Leo
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Rugby Sevens
First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
Why this sport? It's a sport you can participate with your family.
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David Chapman
Athlete Biography
Pistol shooter David Chapman will line up at his third Olympic Games in Rio having also competed
at Sydney 2000 and London 2012. He won Australia’s Rio 2016 quota at the Oceania Championships
after shooting the minimum quali丿cation score and then claiming the bronze medal at the event.
Chapman competed at his 丿rst World Cup events in 1985 before giving up the competitive side of
the sport for over a decade after getting married. His return to the sport was well warranted when
he lined up at his home Olympic Games in 2000 where he 丿nished 20th in the 25m rapid pistol.
He made the 2006 Commonwealth Games Team where he won a silver medal in the 25m rapid air
pistol pairs event alongside Bruce Favell. Four years later in Delhi he won bronze in the same event
with Bruce Quick.
Chapman and his daughter Hayley made history at the London 2012 Games when they became the
丿rst father-daughter duo to compete for Australia at an Olympic Games.
He was Commonwealth Games Champion when he won the rapid 丿re event and set a new Games
record (23) in the 丿nal at the Glasgow 2014 Games. Consistent results throughout 2015 and the
start of 2016 saw him win selection for the 丿rst Games on South American soil in August.
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Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Height 167
Weight 72 Age 51
Born Balaklava, SA, Australia Lives Hoyleton, SA, Australia
Associated Olympians
Will Godward
James Willett
Keith Ferguson
Warren Potent
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Career Highlights
Winning 2014 Commonwealth Games gold
Shooting a personal best score of 587 at the Australia Cup in Brisbane in 2014.
Winning the 2016 National Champs.
Education
Primary Balaklava Primary School (SA, Australia)
Secondary Balaklava High School (SA, Australia)
Tertiary Associate Diploma in Farm Management - Roseworthy Agriculture College (1984 -
1986)
Training
Coach Alex Taransky
Club Balaklava Sports Shooting, SA
Primary Training Base At home ,Hoyleton, Australia
Secondary Training Base At Home
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Q&A
Favourite food Beef Roast and choc self saucing pudding
Star Sign Aries
I would spend my last $10 on Somebody else
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Archery
Most In狩uential person in your career/life Alex Taransky
Why this sport? Had success as a junior which fed my enthusiasm for winning. It was better than
losing in junior AFL
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Keith Ferguson
Athlete Biography
Skeet shooter Keith Ferguson will return to Olympic competition in Rio having made his Games
debut four years ago in London.
Ferguson was a late starter to the sport of shooting, taking it up at the age of 26, but has since
become one of Australia's leading skeet shooters having won a host of state, national and Oceania
medals.
A string of consistent results throughout 2011 and 2012 saw the Victorian shooter qualify for the
London 2012 Games. After the opening day of competition Ferguson shot 70/75 to sit in 12th
before 䱴䰨nishing shooting 46/50 to score 116 overall and miss the semi-䱴䰨nal by four targets.
Two years later he competed at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Ferguson shot 115/125
to miss the semi-䱴䰨nal by three targets.
Ferguson won the men’s skeet Olympic quota for Australia at the 2015 Oceania Championships. He
quali䱴䰨ed through to the 䱴䰨nal as the highest ranked athlete in both the quali䱴䰨cation and semi-䱴䰨nal
before shooting 15/15 in the 䱴䰨nal to claim his 䱴䰨rst continental title. He went on to claim the
Australian Championship and Commonwealth Championship to kick oꍅ蝇 the Olympic year in 䱴䰨ne
form.
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Fast Facts
Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s Skeet Men Nickname Ferg
Height 176 Weight 78
Age 36 Born Sale, VIC, Australia
Lives Sale, VIC, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 20th (skeet)
Recent Performances
10th (skeet) - ISSF World Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan)
27th (skeet) - ISSF World Cup (Rio, Brazil)
5th (skeet) – 2016 Australia Cup 2 (Sydney, Australia)
28th (skeet) – ISSF Grand Prix (Doha, Qatar)
1st (skeet) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Sydney, Australia)
Career Highlights
Qualifying and competing at the Olympic Games in 2012 and now in 2016.
Competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Winning Oceania gold in 2015.
Education
Primary Longford Primary School (VIC, Australia)
Secondary Sale Secondary College (VIC, Australia)
Tertiary Apprenticeship in Carpentry
Training
Coach Valeriy Timokhin
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Club Frankston Australia Clay Target Club
Primary Training Base Frankston, Australia
Secondary Training Base Werribe, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Ravioli or Spaghetti
Favourite holiday destination Anywhere warm with good people
Favourite music Birds of Tokyo
Dream car Land Cruiser
Personal Motto There is always two sides to every story
Star Sign Virgo
I would spend my last $10 on Parma and beer
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be BMX racing
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Michael Diamond winning Gold at the 2000 Sydney
Olympics
First Olympic Memory? Russell Mark & Michael Diamond winning gold at Atlanta
Most Inꉁ脑uential person in your career/life My Mum
Why this sport? Growing up on a farm shooting was just something you were thought at a young
age.
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Elena Galiabovitch
Athlete Biography
Having competed on and o뇮柿 for the past decade, Elena Galiabovitch began to really knuckle down
in the sport just two years ago and is now o뇮柿 to her debut Olympic Games in Rio.
Born in Belarus, Galiabovitch moved to Australia when she was four to grow up in Melbourne. She
decided to give shooting a go after her parents met as a result of the sport.
She is coached by her father Vladimir Glaibovitch who is one of the nation’s leading instructors.
Galiabovitch won her 宗㷋rst Oceania title in the 25m pistol event in late 2015 and will compete in
both that event and the 10m air pistol in Rio.
She graduated to become a medical doctor in 2014 and began working in 2015 as an intern at
Eastern Health. She has now moved on to being a surgical resident at Melbourne's Monash Health.
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Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s 10m Air Pistol Women, 25m Sport
Pistol Women
Nickname El
Height 177 Age 26
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Born Minsk, Belarus Lives Australia
Associated Olympians
Daniel Repacholi
Mitchell Iles
Jennifer Hens
Paul Adams
MORE
Career Highlights
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Education
Secondary St Michael's Grammar School (VIC, Australia)
Tertiary Degree 1 - Bachelor of Biomedicine 2008-2010, University of Melbourne. Degree 2 -
Doctor of Medicine, 2011-2014, University of Melbourne
Training
Coach Vladimir Galiabovitch
Primary Training Base Melbourne
Q&A
Favourite holiday destination Anywhere I haven't yet been
Dream car 1989 Holden Barina
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Star Sign Scorpio
I would spend my last $10 on Co뇮柿ee
Tattoos/Piercings Ears pierced
Why this sport? My parents met through shooting so I gave it a go!
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Will Godward
Athlete Biography
It will be back-to-back Olympic Games for Will Godward after the Queensland born, Adelaide based
riခe shooter put together a consistent run of qualifying performances. Godward 嵝嵝nished with
silver in the 50 metre riခe three positions and bronze in the 10m air riခe at the 2015 Oceania
Championships.
A relatively late starter to the sport, Godward began competing when he was 23 after his cousin
introduced him to shooting. Three years later he competed for Australia at the 2010
Commonwealth Games in Delhi where he 嵝嵝nished 12th in the individual 50m 3 position and 5th in
the pairs 50m 3 position with Ben Burge.
After winning three Olympic quotas for Australia at the 2011 Oceania Championships he went on
to make his Olympic debut in London. Lining up in the 10m air riခe, Godward 嵝嵝nished 40th with a
score of 588.
Outside of his shooting commitments Godward is a practising pianist who began playing at the age
of 7 and has played at the Adelaide Conservatorium of Music.
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Event/s 50m Riခe 3 Position Men Nickname Willy G
Height 189 Weight 95
Age 32 Born Townsville, QLD, Australia
Lives St Ives, SA, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 40th (10m air riခe)
Recent Performances
26th (3P) - ISSF World Cup (Bangkok, Thailand)
2nd (3P) – 2015 Australia Cup 2 (Sydney, Australia)
3rd ( 3P) – 2016 Australia Cup 1 (Sydney, Australia)
2nd (3P) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Sydney, Australia
3rd (3P) – 2015 Shooting Australia Grand Prix (Sydney, Australia)
Career Highlights
2011 Oceania Gold Men's 3 position and Air riခe.
Setting a new personal best in Olympic Selection match in 2016
Commonwealth Games 2010
Education
Primary Port Side Christian School
Secondary Home Schooled
Training
Coach Self Coached ( 2013 - Current )
Club SSAA Moonta, Morialta Target Shooters
Primary Training Base Target Riခe South Australia
Secondary Training Base SSAA Moonta
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Q&A
Favourite food Chicken Parmy
Favourite holiday destination Czech Republic Pilsen
Favourite music Coldplay, Keith Green.
Dream car Subaru WRX STI
Personal Motto I will always put God 嵝嵝rst in all aspects of my life, for without Him nothing is
possible. Matthew 19:26
Star Sign
I would spend my last $10 on Macca's run
Tattoos/Piercings Olympic Rings, right shoulder.
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Golf
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Eric Liddell 1924 Paris Olympics
First Olympic Memory? Seeing Michael Diamond win Gold at the 1996 Olympics
Most In沢�uential person in your career/life My Mum Why this sport? Because I wasn't good enough to play cricket for Australia :)
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Jennifer Hens
Athlete Biography
After breaking through to win her �rst Oceania Championship in late 2015 and secure Australia an
Olympic quota, riݯe shooter Jennifer Hens will get the chance to make her Olympic debut in Rio.
She began competing in the sport in 2008 and as quickly as 2010 she went to the World
Championships as a riݯe prone athlete. She �nished �rst in the elimination relay and went on to
�nish 63rd in the event.
Artist Hens competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2014. She shot 613.3 in the 50m riݯe prone
to claim 10th and just missed the �nal of the 10m air riݯe as she �nished 12th.
She set a personal and Australian women's air riݯe record in Munich IWK Air riݯe competition in
early 2015 (416.1 where she placed 10th and narrowly missed the �nal by 0.4 points.
Hens has a Masters in Teaching and is currently a secondary science teacher in a specialist English
School in Germany, where she is currently living and training.
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Event/s 10m Air Riݯe Women Nickname Schmetterling
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Height 174 Weight 60
Age 29 Born Lithgow, NSW, Australia
Elena Galiabovitch
Mitchell Iles
Laetisha Scanlan
Career Highlights
Setting a personal best and Australian women's air riݯe record in Munich IWK Air riݯe
competition, January 2015.
Competing at the Commonwealth Games 2014
Finishing �rst in the elimination relay at the at the World Championships in 2010.
Education
Primary Mount Riverview Primary School (NSW, Australia)
Secondary Blaxland High School (NSW, Australia)
Tertiary Masters of Teaching, Secondary, University of Western Sydney (2005-2010)
Training
Coach Petr Kurka (2009- current)
Club Springwood Smallbore and Air riݯe Inc.
Primary Training Base Fürth, Germany
Secondary Training Base Sydney, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Mango
Favourite holiday destination Austria
Favourite music Anything
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Dream car 2016 VW Beetle
Personal Motto It takes little e翿�ort to dream for success but e翿�ort and character to achieve it.
Star Sign Leo
I would spend my last $10 on Lipstick
Tattoos/Piercings
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Snowboard Halfpipe
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Torah Bright winning Vancover 2010 winter olympics,
women's halfpipe.
First Olympic Memory? Kierin Perkins 1500m win
Most Inݯuential person in your career/life My Dad- he introduced me to shooting. Why this sport? There is always the challenge to get the perfect shot.
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Mitchell Iles
Athlete Biography
At just 17 years and 133 days trap shooter Mitchell Iles will become Australia’s second youngest
ever shooting athlete to compete at an Olympic Games. Only Rio 2016 teammate Aislin Jones will
be younger.
Iles 䇧�rst started shooting when he was 12 after his grandfather and he followed his grandfather,
Australian shooting legend Bill, into the sport. He went on to compete at his 䇧�rst Australian
Championships in early 2015 where he won the junior event after just four months in the trap
discipline.
At his 䇧�rst Junior World Championships in 2015 Iles shot a quali䇧�cation score of 114/125 to reach
the 䇧�nal and eventually 䇧�nish 䇧�fth in Lonato, Italy.
Since November, Iles has hit two world class quali䇧�cation scores of 122/125 and one of 121/125 to
prove he can match it with the best trap shooting has to o㼫㈯er.
He highlighted his unique talent when he won the 2014 ZZ World Championship (simulated pigeon
shooting) having not participated in it before. Although he wasn’t overly keen on competing in the
event, his grandfather Bill encouraged him to and went on to become the youngest ever winner of
the event.
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Fast Facts
Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s Trap Men Height 178
Age 17 Born Carlton, VIC, Australia
Lives Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
23rd - 2016 ISSF World Cup (San Marino, San Marino)
2nd - Australia Cup 2 (Adelaide, South Australia)
4th - Qatar Open (Doha, Qatar)
5th - 2015 Junior World Championships (Lonato, Italy)
4th – 2015 ISSF Junior Cup (Suhl, Germany)
Career Highlights
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Winning the Hellis ZZ Shooting 2014 World Championships - simulated pigeon shooting
Winning the New Zealand National single barrel and points score Championshiops
Education
Primary Hurstbridge Primary School (VIC, Australia)
Secondary Diamond Valley College (VIC, Australia)
Training
Coach Billy Iles (2011 - current)
Club Melbourne Gun Club
Primary Training Base Melbourne
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Q&A
Favourite food Italian
Favourite holiday destination USA
Favourite music AC/DC
Dream car Camaro
Star Sign Aries
I would spend my last $10 on Food
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Tennis
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Michael Diamond winning 2000 to defend gold
First Olympic Memory? Steven Bradbury
Most In㼫㈯uential person in your career/life Billy Iles
Why this sport? Followed my grandfather into the sport
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Aislin Jones
Athlete Biography
In Rio, Aislin Jones will become Australia’s youngest shooting athlete to ever compete at an
Olympic Games. Jones will be 16 years and 179 days when the Rio 2016 Games commence, seeing
her surpass the previous youngest in Anne Marie Forder who was 18 years old when she competed
in the 1996 Olympic Games. (She then proceeded to 2000 where she won a bronze medal in
women’s air pistol.)
After showing initial potential in simulated 䘀쐂eld shooting, Jones switched to skeet shooting in
2012 after encouragement from, and coaching by, Lauryn Mark, who 䘀쐂nished fourth in Women's
Skeet at the 2004 Athens Games.
Jones competed at her 䘀쐂rst international events in 2015. She debuted internationally by taking on
the best juniors in the world in the ISSF Junior Cup. She immediately highlighted her talent on the
range, shooting 69/75 to narrowly miss being top quali䘀쐂er and 䘀쐂nished sixth having achieved her
Olympic Minimum Qualifying Score. She went on to place 23rd at the 2015 Junior World
Championships in Lonato, Italy. She rounded out the year as top quali䘀쐂er into the 䘀쐂nals at the
Oceania Championships equaling the Oceania Region ISSF Women's Skeet record of 71/75 while
setting a new Oceania Junior Women’s Skeet record.
In January 2016, Jones became the youngest woman to win the Australian National Skeet
Championship at 15, just 12 months after her national debut. Soon after she headed to Qatar
where she quali䘀쐂ed fourth and 䘀쐂nished eighth overall in the 2016 Qatar Open.
Jones learned to shoot at moving targets in a quarry with her Dad winding cans along the ground
on a 䘀쐂shing line when she 䘀쐂rst started shooting with a 20 gauge shotgun.
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Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s Skeet Women Height 157
Weight 51 Age 16
Born Shepparton, VIC, Australia Lives Lakes Entrance, VIC, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
8th (skeet) – ISSF World Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan)
1st (skeet) – 2016 Australia Cup 2 (Sydney, Australia)
8th (skeet) – ISSF Grand Prix (Doha, Qatar)
1st (skeet) – 2016 ACTA Shotgun National Championships (Brisbane, Australia)
3rd (skeet) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Sydney, Australia)
Career Highlights
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Shooting 71/75 at the Oceania Continental Championships and getting my 䘀쐂rst record - ISSF
Junior Women's Skeet Oceania Record - and equaling the ISSF Women's Skeet Oceania Record
at the same time. I then repeated a week later.
Winning my 䘀쐂rst ISSF National Women's Skeet Championship in January 2016.
Education
Primary Lakes Entrance Primary School (Vic, Australia)
Secondary Nagle College, Bairnsdale (Vic, Australia) - currently in Year 10
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Training
Coach Lauryn Mark 2012-current (personal coach), Valeriy Timokhin 2015-current (National
Coach)
Club Bairnsdale Field & Game Club & Bairnsdale Clay Target Club
Primary Training Base Bairnsdale, Victoria
Q&A
Favourite food Homemade mango & pineapple smoothies
Favourite holiday destination Cape Levique, north of Broome WA
Favourite music Current chart music like Lush Life & 1955, and artists like Taylor Swift & Meghan
Trainor
Dream car Toyota RAV 4 or a Subaru Forester
Personal Motto Dream Big!
Star Sign Aquarius
I would spend my last $10 on something tasty
Tattoos/Piercings Not yet...
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Volleyball
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Kimberley Rhode winning gold at London in Women's
Skeet
First Olympic Memory? The Size 0 Sydney Olympic Tshirt in my cupboard from the year I was born
Most In䘀uential person in your career/life My parents, and my coach Lauryn Mark Why this sport? Because it's never boring and I love breaking clay targets
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Warren Potent
Athlete Biography
Olympic bronze medallist and 2014 World Champion Warren Potent will make his 饁fth straight
appearance at an Olympic Games in Rio having 饁rst taken up the sport as a 16-year-old in 1978. The
ri✈震e shooter competed at his 饁rst National Championships in 1980 and went on to win the 50m
prone teams event at the 1986 World Championships in East Germany.
After just missing out on selection for the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, and then taking a break
from 1990-97, Potent made his debut Olympic appearance just down the road from where he grew
up in Sydney’s west. He 饁nished 19th in the 50m prone event before claiming 42nd four years later
at the Athens 2004 Games.
Heading into the Beijing 2008 Games Potent equalled the world record mark of 704.8 across
elimination and 饁nal rounds to highlight his credentials as a medal contender and shooting his
third Games Potent didn’t disappoint. He shot a quali饁cation score of 595, four points o汇꺈 the lead,
before shooting the highest score in the 饁nal to move from fourth to third to claim the bronze
medal.
A silver and bronze medal followed in the 50m prone individual and pairs event at the 2010
Commonwealth Games in the same year he again shot a perfect 600 quali饁cation score. Potent
went on to compete at his fourth Games in London but couldn’t match his Beijing heroics 饁nishing
32nd in 2012.
Potent became Australia’s FIRST ri✈震e shooting world champion in 2014 when he claimed victory in
Granada, Spain. The result saw him secure Australia’s 饁rst quota in the sport for the Rio Olympics
before strong performances in the selection events ensured he would again wear the green and
gold on the Olympic stage. A silver medal at the World Cup event in Bangkok in early 2016 proves
he still has the form to stand on another Olympic podium.
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Event/s 50m Ri✈震e Prone Men Nickname Wazza
Height 177 Weight 73
Age 54 Born Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 32nd (50m prone) 2008 Beijing - 3rd (50m prone) 2004 Athens - 42nd (50m
prone) 2000 Sydney - 19th (50m prone)
Recent Performances
2nd (50m) - 2016 ISSF World Cup (Rio, Brazil)
2nd (50m) - 2016 ISSF World Cup (Bangkok, Thailand)
1st (50m) – 2016 Australia Cup 2 (Sydney, Australia)
1st (50m) – 2016 Australia Cup 1 (Sydney, Australia)
4th (50m) – 2016 ISSF World Cup Final (Munich, Germany)
Career Highlights
Winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Winning the 2014 World Championships in Spain
Winning Commonwealth Games gold in 2014.
Education
Primary Hill Top Primary School (NSW, Australia)
Secondary Greystanes High School (NSW, Australia)
Tertiary Production Engineering - Granville TAFE (1979 - 1983)
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Training
Coach Petr Kurka (2009 - current)
Club Legion, NSW Australia
Institute/Academy NSWIS
Primary Training Base Sydney, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Thai
Favourite holiday destination Thailand
Favourite music Rock
Dream car Aston Martin
Personal Motto Have a go
Star Sign Aries
I would spend my last $10 on My wife
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Tennis, if I was younger!
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Too many to list!
First Olympic Memory? Watching Shane Gould on TV competing at the 1972 Olympics.
Most In紁uential person in your career/life Ken Asquith in my sport. My wife in my life.
Why this sport? After trying a lot of sports, I found I was OK at shooting.
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Daniel Repacholi
Athlete Biography
The big man of Australian shooting, Daniel Repacholi will hit the range in Rio for his fourth Olympic
Games. Standing at 202cm tall, he helped Australia win one of the three men’s pistol quotas
available after claiming the 50m pistol title at the 2015 Oceania Championships. The gold in Sydney
was his seventh continental title with his ††rst coming 14 years earlier in 2001.
He burst onto the scene when he claimed each of the junior national pistol records in 2000. Four
years later he made his Olympic debut at Athens 2004 when he ††nished 36th in the 10m air pistol
and 23rd in the 50m air pistol events. International success wasn’t far away when he went on to win
gold alongside David Moore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 50m pistol pairs and bronze
in the 10m pistol pairs.
Repacholi then lined up for the Australian Team at the Beijing 2008 Games where he ††nished 31st
and 40th in the 10m and 50m pistol events. Two years on he secured his ††rst Commonwealth
Games individual medal when he won bronze in the 10m air pistol in Delhi.
A consistent run of form throughout 2011 and the start of 2012 saw him secure selection to his
third Olympic team for the London 2012 Games. He secured his best results to date at an Olympic
Games ††nishing 19th in the 50m air pistol and 28th in the 10m air pistol.
Repacholi won individual gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 10m air pistol while also
securing bronze in the 50m air pistol. He claimed both events at the Australia Cup 1 and 2 events in
early 2016 to have him in strong form leading as Rio draws closer.
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Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s 10m Air Pistol Men, 50m Free Pistol
Men
Height 202
Weight 128 Age 34
Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia Lives Nulkaba, VIC, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 28th (10m air pistol), 19th (50m air pistol) 2008 Beijing - 31st (10m air pistol),
40th (50m air pistol) 2004 Athens - 36th (10m air pistol), 23rd (50m air pistol)
Recent Performances
51st (10m) 2016 ISSF World Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan)
48th (50m) 2016 ISSF World Cup (Munich, Germany)
51st (50m) 2016 ISSF World Cup (Rio, Brazil)
8th (50m) 2016 ISSF World Cup (Bangkok, Thailand)
2nd (10m) 1st (50m) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Sydney, Australia)
Career Highlights
Winning gold in the 10m air pistol pairs event and bronze in 50m free pistol pairs event at the
2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
Bronze in 10 metre air pistol at Delhi Commonwealth Games
Gold in 10m air pistol and bronze in 50 meter pistol at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Education
Primary Melton South Primary School (VIC, Australia)
Secondary Wilson Park Secondary College (VIC, Australia)
Tertiary Quali††ed Tool Maker
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Training
Coach Vladimir Galiabovitch (2012 - current)
Institute/Academy Nswis
Primary Training Base Cessnock, NSW, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Italian
Favourite holiday destination Fiji and anywhere I go with my beautiful wife and 2 little girls
Favourite music Grunge
Dream car Ford F650
Personal Motto Big is beautiful
Star Sign Taurus
I would spend my last $10 on Something for my girls
Tattoos/Piercings Olympic Rings, upper back - middle, with the Southern Cross incorporated
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Basketball
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Inspired by Team Welcome Ceremony where you see all the
magic moments of Australian athletes
First Olympic Memory? Watching the arrow getting shot to light the Olympic ††ame at Barcelona
Most In建瘗uential person in your career/life Mum and dad with out them I wouldn't be were I am
now
Why this sport? My family was involved in shooting so I took it up from their encouragement
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Jack Rossiter
Athlete Biography
Jack Rossiter will become one of Australia’s youngest ever shooters to compete at the Olympic
Games when the 19-year-old hits the Rio 2016 range.
He broke onto the scene when he claimed both the junior and senior 10m air riꇎ�e titles at the 2013
Oceania Championships setting a new ꏻ�nals record score in the process.
At just 17 Rossiter competed at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Contesting the 10m air
riꇎ�e, Rossiter scored a qualiꏻ�cation score of 611.9 to miss the ꏻ�nal by just two points and end up
claiming tenth.
Rossiter made it back-to-back 10m air riꇎ�e titles at the Oceania Championships when he led from
start to ꏻ�nish to just hold o懶 Rio 2016 teammate Dane Sampson. In doing so he managed to break
his own ꏻ�nals record and secure an Olympic quota in the event for Australia.
Rossiter began 2016 with two gold medals at the Pilzen Grand Prix to highlight his credentials
against international competition.
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Event/s 10m Air Riꇎ�e Men Height 171
Weight 70 Age 19
Born Medindie, SA, Australia Lives Australia
Associated Olympians
James Willett
Will Godward
Adam Vella
David Chapman
MORE
Career Highlights
Setting the Australian record in the ꏻ�nal of the 10m Air Riꇎ�e in Brisbane in 2014.
Representing Australia in Men's 10m Air Riꇎ�e at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Representing Australia in the Junior Men's 10m Air Riꇎ�e at the World Championships in
Granada, Spain, 2014
Education
Primary Woodcroft College, South Australia, Australia
Secondary Woodcroft College, South Australia, Australia - completed Y12 2015
Tertiary Batchelor of Sport, Health & Physical Activity, Flinders University - deferred til 2017
Training
Coach Petr Kurka (2011 - current)
Club Reynella Smallbore & Air Riꇎ�e Club
Institute/Academy Shooting Australia
Primary Training Base Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Secondary Training Base Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Q&A
Favourite food Schnitzel
Favourite holiday destination Spain
Favourite music Tupac
Dream car Batmobile
Star Sign Gemini
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Curling
Most In귤uential person in your career/life My mum
Why this sport? I ꏻ�nd it enjoyable and challenging
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Dane Sampson
Athlete Biography
Having cemented his position in recent years as one of the nation’s leading ri᠘㸾e shooters, Dane
Sampson will line up at his second Olympic Games in Rio.
Sampson followed in his parents footsteps when he took up shooting at the age of 12. Long having
dreamed of representing Australia at the Olympics, he made his Games debut in London where he
㜷㜷nished 37th in the 50m ri᠘㸾e 3 position, 48th in the 50m ri᠘㸾e prone, 42nd in the 10m air ri᠘㸾e.
The Queenslander competed at his 㜷㜷rst Commonwealth Games in 2014 where he made the 㜷㜷nals in
each of the three ri᠘㸾e events. His best result came in the 50m ri᠘㸾e prone where he placed fourth as
teammate Warren Potent won the gold.
Sampson secured Australia’s quota in the ri᠘㸾e 3 position competition after winning the Oceania
Championships in late 2015. In a strong showing he also claimed the 50m ri᠘㸾e prone event at the
site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
He started 2016 positive results on the international circuit scoring two top-20 performances at
the 2016 Pilzen Grand Prix before narrowly missing the 㜷㜷nal of the 50m ri᠘㸾e prone at the World
Cup event in Bangkok.
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Event/s 10m Air Ri᠘㸾e Men, 50m Ri᠘㸾e 3
Position Men, 50m Ri᠘㸾e Prone Men
Nickname Dano
Height 183 Weight 89
Age 29 Born Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lives Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London 42nd (10m air ri᠘㸾e); 48th (50 prone ri᠘㸾e); 37th (3P)
Recent Performances
33rd (10m), 28th (50m) - ISSF World Cup (Munich, Germany)
39th (10m), 50th (3P) - ISSF World Cup (Rio, Brazil)
13th (10m), 30th (3P), 35th (50m) - ISSF World Cup (Bangkok, Thailand)
1st (10m air ri᠘㸾e), 1st (3P), 1st (50m prone) - 2016 Australia Cup 2 (Sydney, Australia)
2nd (10m air ri᠘㸾e), 1st (3P), 2nd (50m prone) - 2016 Australia Cup 1 (Sydney, Australia)
Career Highlights
Qualifying for my 㜷㜷rst Olympic Games in London, 2012.
3rd in 3position at GP of Plzen 2012.
Qualifying for my second Olympic games.
Education
Primary Coominya Primary School (QLD, Australia)
Secondary Lowood State High School (QLD, Australia)
Training
Coach Petr Kurka (2009 - current)
Club Commerical
Institute/Academy QAS
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
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Secondary Training Base Brisbane , Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Cheese and wine
Favourite holiday destination Sweden, or anywhere I haven't been before with amazing landscape
scenery
Favourite music Alternative
Dream car Ferrari F58
Personal Motto live a story worth telling.
Star Sign Leo
I would spend my last $10 on Dinner
Tattoos/Piercings Olympic Rings
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Rowing or ice hockey
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Kieren Perkins breakings 15mins in 1500m swim
First Olympic Memory? Watching the 1996 Olympics on tv
Most In鄀ꈀuential person in your career/life Father
Why this sport? I was brought up in it and it is full of amazing interesting people
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Laetisha Scanlan
Athlete Biography
Laetisha Scanlan will make her Olympic debut when she lines up at Rio 2016 in the trap, having just
missed out on qualifying for the London Games - despite shooting an Australian record 74/75
targets midway through 2012.
She won her 倀茂rst World Cup in 2013 when she took out the Al Ain event in the UAE and has gone
from strength-to-strength since. The following year saw Scanlan secure three top-10 倀茂nishes on
the 2014 World Cup circuit which included winning World Cup gold in Tucson, USA.
Having won 2010 Commonwealth Games trap pairs gold in Delhi she returned to win individual
gold at Glasgow 2014. Scanlan bene倀茂ted by the new rules that will make their Olympic debut in Rio
which see scores reset for the 倀茂nal and gold and bronze medal playo倀ࠃs. Scanlan was 倀茂ve points
behind teammate Catherine Skinner after the quali倀茂cation round but shot 14 of 16 targets to make
the gold medal match where she won by a single shot.
Scanlan secured the second available women’s trap quota for Australia when she won silver at the
2015 Acapulco World Cup in Mexico. She just missed out on a medal at the 2015 World
Championships. Having progressed through to the 倀茂nals with a score of 70/75 she scored 10/15 to
just miss the bronze medal match.
O倀ࠃ the range Scanlan has completed a degree in journalism and is an ambassador for the Bully
Zero Australia Foundation.
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Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s Trap Women Nickname teash
Height 163 Weight 51
Age 26 Born Oakley, VIC, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
4th (trap) - 2016 ISSF World Cup (Baku, Azerbaijan)
6th (trap) - 2016 ISSF World Cup (Rio, Brazil)
9th (trap) - 2016 ISSF World Cup (Nicosia, Cyprus)
3rd (trap) – 2016 Australia Cup 2 (Sydney, Australia)
5th (trap) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Sydney, Australia)
Career Highlights
Shooting 74 of 75 targets to claim the Australian record and get within 1 target of the world
record in Perth, 2012.
Commonwealth Games Gold in Glasgow, Scotland 2014
Multiple World Cup winner
Education
Primary St Margarets School (VIC, Australia)
Secondary Haileybury College (VIC, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) - Monash University (2008 - 2010)
Training
Coach Valeriy Timohkin (2008 - current)
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Club Frankston Australian Gun Club
Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport
Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Pasta
Favourite holiday destination Greek Islands
Favourite music Pop
Dream car Maserati
Personal Motto I believe that everything happens for a reason. And hard work pays o倀ࠃ.
Star Sign Aries
I would spend my last $10 on Food
Tattoos/Piercings ears pierced If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Modern pentathlon
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Catherine Skinner
Athlete Biography
Having taken up the sport when she was 12, Catherine Skinner will get the chance to wear the
green and gold at an Olympic Games in Rio after establishing herself as one of the world’s leading
trap shooters in recent years.
She began shooting in 2006 and competed in her 耀�rst junior World Cup event soon after. She broke
through to win a junior World Cup silver medal at the Munich event in 2010 and progressed onto
the senior World Cup circuit a year later.
Skinner claimed Australia’s only shooting medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade when she won
trap gold in Kazan, Russia. In what was an impressive year for the Victorian, Skinner also won two
silver medals at World Cup events in Nicosia, Greece and Al Ain, UAE. She would return at the 2015
Summer Universiade as the Australian 耀�ag bearer to win bronze.
She continued her strong form throughout 2014 to see her 耀�nish with bronze at World Cup events
in Granada and Tucson setting her up for a big World Championships in Gabala. Skinner quali耀�ed
through to the 耀�nal shooting 72/75 and despite narrowly missing the gold medal match she went
on to claim bronze and secure Australia a quota for Rio 2016 in the event.
The year also saw Skinner make her Commonwealth Games debut at Glasgow 2014. After
qualifying for the semi-耀�nals as the highest ranked shooter she just missed the bronze medal
match in a shoot-o耀�. Teammate, both in Glasgow and now at Rio 2016, Laetisha Scanlan went on to
win gold.
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Event/s Trap Women Nickname Cat
Height 172 Weight 80
Age 26 Born Mans耀�eld, VIC, Australia
Lives East Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Associated Olympians
Will Godward
Warren Potent
Blake Blackburn
Adam Vella
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Career Highlights
Finishing third at the 2014 World Championships in Granada to secure Australia an Olympic
quota for Rio 2016
Coming second in Junior Trap at World Championships in Munich 2010.
Winning gold in the trap at the 2013 World Universiade in Kazan
Education
Primary Mans耀�eld Primary School (VIC, Australia)
Secondary Firbank Grammar (VIC, Australia) Mans耀�eld Secondary School (VIC, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Chemical Engineering - RMIT (2008 - 2015)
Training
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Coach Greg Chan (2006 - 2007), Valeriy Timokhin (2008 - current)
Club Melbourne Gun Club, and Frankston Clay Target Club
Institute/Academy VIS
Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia
Q&A
Superstition/s One pint of Ben and Jerrys Tripe Caramel Choc Chunk for dinner before
competition, and PB the next day.
Favourite food Berry Wa耀�es
Favourite holiday destination Somewhere adventerous.
Dream car Aston Martin DB9
Personal Motto Keep Going.
Star Sign Aquarius
I would spend my last $10 on Chocolate
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Fencing
First Olympic Memory? Looking at the medal tally of the Atlanta Olympics and thinking
"Shooting? Who does shooting?"
Most In쏄‴uential person in your career/life My father Why this sport? I got into the sport and kind of rolled with it.
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Adam Vella
Athlete Biography
Olympic bronze medallist, World Champion and multiple Commonwealth Games Champion – Adam
Vella has just about done it all in trap shooting. Born and raised in Melbourne, Vella took up the
sport when he was 13 and has since become one of the nation’s most decorated shooters.
Teaming up with fellow Australian shooting royalty in Michael Diamond and Russell Mark, the trio
won the trap teams event at the 1999 World Championships. He went on to win gold with Diamond
in the pairs event and silver in the individual event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games before
defending his pairs gold four years later in Delhi. Vella secured individual trap gold at the 2014
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
He was ranked as the world’s top trap shooter in 2003, a feat he also achieved in 2007, and went
into the Athens 2004 Games as one of the medal favourites. Having qualiꌄ輚ed in equal fourth with a
score of 121-125, he shot 24/25 in the ꌄ輚nal to secure a place on the Olympic podium.
Having missed out on competing at the Beijing 2008 Games by a single target, Vella returned to
Olympic competition in 2012 in London where he shot 119/125 to miss the ꌄ輚nal by three targets.
He qualiꌄ輚ed Australia’s quota for the sport at the 2015 Oceania Championships in Sydney and after
a strong build-up to Rio will compete at his fourth Olympic Games in the green and gold.
When he is not competing Vella runs his own shooting range that o䈐䓒ers recreational shooters to
try out and potentially take up the sport. Along with Vella, fellow Rio 2016 athlete Laetisha Scanlan
is one of the Oz Shooting instructors.
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Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s Trap Men Height 178
Weight 92 Age 45
Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia Lives Keilor, VIC, Australia
Associated Olympians
Paul Adams
Mitchell Iles
Jennifer Hens
Warren Potent
MORE
Career Highlights
Winning Olympic bronze in 2004
Winning four Commonwealth Games gold medals
World number one on three occasions - 2003 (Trap), 2003 (Double Trap), 2007 (Trap)
Education
Primary Springvale Sth Primary
Secondary Keysborough Technical College
Training
Coach Valery Timokhin (2006 - current)
Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport
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Primary Training Base Frankston Australian Clay Target Club
Q&A
Favourite food Pasta
Favourite holiday destination Anywhere there is a beach
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman's Gold medal race
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James Willett
Athlete Biography
At just 20 years of age, James Willet has enjoyed a rapid rise in the sport. While he began shooting
when he was 12, he only began the double trap discipline at the beginning of 2015 and has
upstaged many of his more fancied rivals around the world during his opening year in the sport.
Having to commute over three hours to Werribee to train, Willett and his father Arthur built a
shooting range at their farm in Corowa near the NSW/VIC border.
Willett showed his potential to match it with the world’s best when he set a Junior World Record in
qualifying with 142/150 targets at his ††rst ever World Cup event. He then shot 23/30 targets to
narrowly miss out on the bronze medal match.
He went on to compete at his ††rst World Championships in the sport in 2015 opting to compete in
the senior event despite still being a junior. Willett quali††ed for the ††nal in equal third with a score
of 139/150. Willett then quali††ed for the bronze medal match where he lined up against Kuwait’s
Ahmad Alafasi. Both shooters shot 24/30 before Alafasi won the shoot-oဠ†.
He won the double trap quota for Australia at the Oceania Championships when he shot 135/150 in
qualifying before going 28/30 and 29/30 before claiming his ††rst World Cup victory when he won
the Rio 2016 test event.
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Sport Shooting Status Selected
Event/s Double Trap Men Height 186
Weight 88 Age 20
Born Yarrawonga, VIC, Australia Lives Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
4th (double trap) – ISSF World Cup (San Marino)
1st (double trap) – ISSF World Cup (Rio, Brazil)
3rd (double trap) – ISSF World Cup (Nicosia,Cyprus)
2nd (double trap) – 2016 Australia Cup 2 (Sydney, Australia)
1st (double trap) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Sydney, Australia)
Career Highlights
ISSF World Cup Double Trap Bronze in 2016 in Nicosia, Cyprus
Claiming fourth at the 2015 ISSF World Championships in Men's Double Trap at Lonato, Italy
Winner of the 2015 Oceania Championships in Men's Double Trap at Sydney, NSW
Education
Primary Corowa Primary School, NSW, Australia
Secondary Corowa High School, NSW, Australia
Training
Coach Graeme Boyd (2009-Current) Russell Mark (2014-Current)
Club Deniliquin Clay Target Club, NSW
Institute/Academy NSWIS
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Primary Training Base Home on the Farm, Mulwala, NSW
Secondary Training Base Werribee, Vic
Q&A
Favourite food Steak
Favourite holiday destination America
Favourite music Country
Dream car Chevrolet silverado
Personal Motto Never Give Up
Star Sign Capricorn
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Michael Diamond winning back to back Gold in 1996 and
2000
Most Inƽuential person in your career/life My Dad
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Lalita Yauhleuskaya
Athlete Biography
Pistol shooter Lalita Yauleuskaya will make her sixth Olympic Games appearance (fourth for
Australia) at Rio 2016. The former Belarussian pistol shooter automatically quali††ed for Rio after
winning one of the selection events in a benchmark score. Her quali††cation score of 585 would put
her well in contention for a medal in Rio.
Making her Olympic debut in 1996 for Belarus, she won a bronze medal in the 25m air pistol at the
Sydney 2000 Games. Becoming an Australian citizen in 2001, she represented Australia at Athens
2004 where she claimed 21st and 10th in the 10m and 25m air pistol events. Four years later in
Beijing she claimed 14th and 18th in the same events.
She secured silver for her adopted country at the 2010 World Championship before making her
††fth Games appearance in London where she ††nished 40th (10m) and 17th (25m).
Yauleuskaya made her ††rst Commonwealth Games appearance in 2002 where she won three gold
medals for Australia. In total she has won seven gold, a silver and two bronze medals at Manchester
2002, Melbourne 2006, Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014.
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Event/s 10m Air Pistol Women, 25m Sport
Pistol Women
Nickname Lola
Height 158 Weight 64
Age 52 Born Sokol, Belarus
Lives Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Associated Olympians
Mitchell Iles
Warren Potent
Keith Ferguson
Catherine Skinner
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Career Highlights
Winning bronze at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
Qualifying for my sixth Olympic Games in Rio
Training
Primary Training Base Melbourne