David Moore (sport shooter)

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David Moore
Personal information
Full nameDavid Keith Moore
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1953-12-30) 30 December 1953 (age 69)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
25 m centre fire pistol (CFP)
25 m standard pistol (STP)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubSydney Pistol Club [1]
Coached byCheryl Moore [1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne FP (pairs)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur FP (pairs)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester CFP (pairs)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester FP (pairs)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne STP (pairs)

David Keith Moore (born 30 December 1953 in Sydney) is an Australian sport shooter. [2] Since 1995, Moore had won a total of twelve medals (four golds, four silver, and four bronze) in the air, standard, centre-fire, and free pistol at the Oceania Shooting Championships. [1] He also captured a gold medal in the free pistol pairs, along with his partner Daniel Repacholi, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, with a combined score of 1,086 points. [3] [4] Moore competed for both air and free pistol shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

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Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Moore qualified for his third Australian team, as a 54-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second in the men's free pistol from the 2007 Oceania Shooting Championships, coincidentally in his home city Sydney. [1] He scored a total of 571 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Roger Daniel from the final attempt, finishing only in thirty-sixth place. [5] Three days later, Moore placed thirty-fifth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point behind French sport shooter and five-time Olympian Franck Dumoulin, with a total score of 546 targets. [6]

Olympic results

Event200020042008
50-metre pistol 15th
556
24th
550
34th
546
10 metre air pistol 32nd
567
27th
574
35th
571

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References

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