Frank Wyatt (sport shooter)

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Frank Wyatt
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Full nameIles Frank Wyatt
Born (1946-12-02) 2 December 1946 (age 72)
Hammersmith, London
Sport
Sport Sports shooting

Iles Frank Wyatt (born 2 December 1946) is a British former sports shooter.

Sport shooting career

Wyatt competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]

The following are the results of the 50 metre free pistol competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The defending champion was Grigory Kosykh of the Soviet Union, he also holds the world record with 572. He would not be a factor at these games as he struggled and finished a distant eighth. The gold medal was won by Ragnar Skanåker who brought Sweden its first shooting gold medal in 36 years. Skanåker became a common sight at Olympics games as he competed continuously thru 1996, appearing in seven Olympics.

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He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 50 metres free pistol pair with Geoffrey Robinson, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [2] Twenty years later he made a second appearance at the Games when he competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the 50 metres free pistol individual and pair events. [3]

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References

  1. "Frank Wyatt". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.