Matthew Dryke
 Dryke in 1984 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Matthew Alexander Dryke | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 21, 1958 (age 65) Port Angeles, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Matthew Alexander Dryke (born August 21, 1958 in Port Angeles, Washington) is an American former sports shooter. He competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is two times world champion in skeet shooting, from 1983 and 1986, and earned a silver medal in 1987.[1]
Accomplishments
1979 Pan American Games – silver – skeet
1979 Pan American Games – gold team – skeet- 1979 World Moving Target Championships – gold team – skeet (world record – team)
- 1981 Championships of the Americas – gold – skeet (world record)
- 1981 Championships of the Americas – gold team – skeet (world record – team)
- 1982 World Shooting Championships – gold team – skeet
- 1983 Pan American Games – gold – skeet (world record)
- 1983 World Moving Target Championships – gold – skeet
- 1983 World Moving Target Championships – gold team – skeet
- 1984 Olympic Games – gold – skeet[2]
- 1985 Championships of the Americas – gold – skeet
- 1986 World Shooting Championships – gold – skeet (world record)
- 1987 Pan American Games – gold – skeet
- 1987 World Clay Target Championships – silver – skeet
- 1988 Olympic Games – 24th – skeet[3]
- 1989 World Cup – Mexico City – gold – skeet
- 1989 World Cup – Osijek – gold – skeet
1989 World Cup – Suhl – bronze – skeet- 1992 World Cup – Los Angeles – gold – skeet
- 1992 Olympic Games – 6th – skeet[4]
References
- ^ "Shooting: World Championships: Men: Skeet". Sports123.com. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "Shooting at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Mixed skeet". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Mixed skeet". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "Shooting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Mixed skeet". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
External links
- Matthew Dryke biography and Olympic results, from sports-reference.com
- Matthew Dryke medals and stats, from databaseolympics.com
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1 From 1972 until 1992, the event was open to women as well as men. Zhang is the only woman to have won it. |
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- American male sport shooters
- United States Distinguished Marksman
- Skeet shooters
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- Olympic shooters of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- American sport shooting Olympic medalist stubs
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics