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Antony 'Ant' Ringer (born 1966) [1] is a male British sport shooter.
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Antony 'Ant' Ringer (born 1966) [1] is a male British sport shooter.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the fullbore rifle, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [2] [3] [4] Four years later he once again represented England in the fullbore rifle events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [5] [6] [7]
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Fullbore Target Rifle (TR) is a precision rifle shooting sport discipline governed by the International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA). The sport evolved as a distinct British and Commonwealth of Nations discipline from Service rifle (SR) shooting in the late 1960s. Its development was heavily influenced by the British National Rifle Association (NRA). Due to this history, it is usually contested amongst the shooting events at the Commonwealth Games, although not at the Olympics. World Championships are held on a four-year cycle. The annual NRA Imperial Meeting at Bisley in the UK is globally recognised as a historic annual meeting for the discipline.
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