Keith Sanderson (sport shooter)

Keith Sanderson

Keith Sanderson in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1975-02-02) February 2, 1975 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Club	United States Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Georgia
Medal record Representing the United States Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 25 m rapid fire pistol

Keith Sanderson (born February 2, 1975) is an American sport shooter who holds the Olympic record for the qualification round of 25 meter rapid fire pistol (583 points, set in 2008). After winning the qualification round, he fell back during the final and finished fifth, the same position he had reached in the 2006 World Championships. He has four medals from ISSF World Cups: a bronze from Munich 2007, a gold from Beijing 2009, where he defeated Vijay Kumar by 0.1 point in the final, another bronze from Munich 2009, and the gold from Fort Benning, Georgia where he won by 7 shots.

On the continental level, Sanderson has been successful in other events as well. At the Championship of the Americas held in Salinas, Puerto Rico in 2005, he won gold in 25 meter center-fire pistol and bronze in both 50 meter pistol and 25 meter standard pistol. He failed to place in rapid fire, but two years later, at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, he won the silver medal, defeated only by Cuba's Leuris Pupo.

Sanderson did not compete in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, having been suspended by the United States Center for SafeSport.

SafeSport suspension

Sanderson was suspended indefinitely by USA Shooting for 17 violations of the Athlete Code of Conduct, and seven violations of the SafeSport policy. He did not compete in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, having been indefinitely suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport earlier.

External links

• Sanderson's profile at ISSF TV