Michael Diamond (sport shooter)
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's shooting | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Trap |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Trap |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Trap |
| Gold | 2002 Manchester | Trap |
| Gold | 2002 Manchester | Trap pairs |
| Gold | 2006 Melbourne | Trap pairs |
| Gold | 2002 Manchester | Trap pairs |
| Silver | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Trap pairs |
| Silver | 2002 Manchester | Double trap pairs |
Michael Constantine Diamond, OAM (born May 20, 1972 in Goulburn, New South Wales[1]) is a professional target shooter from Australia. Mastering the shotgun, Diamond succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal for trap both in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). He also holds the world record in double trap, and held the final world record in trap between 2007 and 2008. Diamond is of Greek heritage.
He won the trap event at the 2007 World Shotgun Championships.
[edit] Olympic results
| Event | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
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| Trap (mixed) | 11th 147+46 |
Not held | |||
| Trap (men) | Not held |  Gold124+25 |
Gold 122+25 |
8th 119 |
4th 119+23 |
| Double trap (men) | Not held | — | 9th 135 |
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[edit] Records
| Current world records held in double trap | ||||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 147 |  Michael Diamond (AUS) Richard Faulds (GBR) Ronjan Sodhi (IND) Hu Binyuan (CHN) |
July 19, 1998 June 8, 2008 June 18, 2008 June 10, 2009 |
Barcelona (ESP) Suhl (GER) Belgrade (SRB) Minsk (BLR) |
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[edit] References
- ^ Toby Creswell and Samantha Trenoweth (2006). 1001 Australians You Should Know. Australia: Pluto Press. pp. 422. ISBN 1864033614, 9781864033618. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QqtinbjO0oEC&vq=rugby&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
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