Benjamin Burge

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Benjamin Burge
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1980-06-11) 11 June 1980 (age 42)
Albury, New South Wales,
Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
ClubFrankston Peninsula Target
Rifle Club [1]
Coached by Miroslav Sipek [1]

Benjamin Burge (born 11 June 1980 in Albury, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter. [2] Since 2001, Burge had won a total of seven medals (five silver and two bronze) in both air and small-bore rifle at the Oceania Shooting Championships. [1] He also captured a bronze medal for the men's 50 m rifle three positions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, accumulating a score of 1,238.2 points. [3] [4]

Burge represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events. In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Burge was able to hit a total of 576 points within six attempts, finishing forty-ninth in the qualifying rounds. [5] Few days later, he placed fortieth in the 50 m rifle prone, by two points ahead of Austria's Christian Planer, with a total score of 588 points. [6] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Burge was able to shoot 392 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 387 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,152 points, finishing again in fortieth place. [7] [8]

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