Luke Cain

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Luke Cain
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2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 (age 41)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportShooting
Event(s)10m air rifle prone
10m air rifle standing
ClubSpringvale Range Club

Luke Cain (born 3 February 1980) is an SH2-classified Australian shooter who became a paraplegic after an accident while playing Australian rules football. He started competing in 2007, as the sport suited his disability, and has been a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder since 2008. He first represented Australia internationally in 2009 at a World Cup event in South Korea. He has also represented Australia in two Paralympic Games including the 2016 Rio Paralympics. [1]

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Personal

Cain was born on 3 February 1980 in Rosebud, Victoria. [2] [3] [4] He started playing Australian rules football when he was seven years old for the Rye Football Club. He played senior football for Rosebud Football Club as a full-forward. [5] In August 1999, at the age of nineteen, he was playing for Rosebud in a game against Hastings Football Club when he broke his neck after being sandwiched between a teammate and an opposing player. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He is a paraplegic, [5] and requires use of a wheelchair because of paralysis that affects him from the chest down. He has limited use of his fingers and no use of his hands. [7] [8] Before his accident, he participated in a range of sports, including basketball, athletics, waterskiing, kneeboarding and wakeboarding. [5] [9] After his accident, he continued in some sports, including angling. [3] As of 2012, he resides in Boneo, Victoria. [3] [4]

His cousin is Travis Cloke, an AFL All-Australian full-forward. [6] Cain has been an inspiration to his cousin on the football field. [6] At the same time, Cloke has supported Cain. [7] Other cousins include AFL players Jason Cloke and Cameron Cloke. [3]

Shooting

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Cain shooting at the 2012 London Paralympics

Cain is an SH2-classified shooter competing in 10m air rifle prone and 10m air rifle standing events. [2] He has been a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder since 2008, [6] and is a member of the Springvale Range Club. [2] He is coached by Miro Sipek as an individual and when on the national team. [3]

As a youngster, Cain hunted with his father and cousin. [5] He took up the sport of shooting because it was one of the few available to people with his physical limitations. [8] As of 2012, he was sponsored by Miall's Gun Shop of Frankston, Victoria, who provided him with competition gear including cleaning supplies, a rifle case and a rifle. He holds two world records, one in the individual 600–600 R4 prone event, and another in the R4 10-metre standing event. [8] [10]

Cain started competing in 2007, and made the Australian national team the same year. [2] [11] During Australia's 2009 domestic series, the Australia Cup, an invitation-only series for the top shooters in the country, [12] he earned a bronze, silver and gold medal. [2] That year, he made his national team debut at an international event when he represented Australia at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in South Korea. [9] By early 2010, he was looking for a sponsor to assist with costs for his international competitions. [11] He set a personal best of 598 out of 600 in the SH-2 prone air event at the 2010 World Cup in Germany, and not long after, set a new personal best when he shot 599 at the same event at the 2010 World Cup in France. [9] [13] He came in first at the 2010 Oceania Shooting Federation Continental Championship. [8] [11] At the 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, [14] he came in first in the SH-2 prone air event by setting a world record of 600 points, a perfect score. [8] [13] At the 2011 Great Britain International, he finished second in the 10m air rifle prone event. [2] [15] He competed in the United States-hosted International Paralympic Committee World Cup in 2011, [6] finishing fourth in the R5 Air Rifle Prone event with a score of 599. He earned a gold medal in the team event with teammates Jason Maroney and Bradley Mark. [16] In 2012, he trained up to six days a week. [8] At the Australian nationals, he finished second in the prone event behind New Zealander Michael Johnson, and third in the standing event behind fellow Australian Bradley Marks and Johnson. [17]

Cain was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in Mixed R5-10m Air Rifle Prone-SH2 and Mixed R4-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH2 shooting events. [2] [3] [8] [18] [19] Competing on 3 September, [20] he did not medal, finishing 27th in the standing event and 28th in the prone event. [3] [21]

Most recently Cain had represented Australia in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He competed in the Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 and the Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2. [22] [23] Cain did not medal, placing 26th in the standing event and 33rd in the prone event.

Performance

EventCompetitionDateScoreFinishNotesReference
Prone Air – SH2 2012 Summer Paralympics Sept-12Shot 59227th [3] [21]
Prone Air – SH2International Paralympic Committee World Cup2011Shot 599+105.64th [16]
Prone Air – SH2World Cup GBOct-10Shot 5984th [13] [24]
Prone Air – SH2World Championships CroatiaJul-10Shot 6009thNew personal best [4] [13] [24]
Prone Air – SH2Aus CupJul-10Shot 5992nd [13] [24]
Prone Air – SH2AISL GPJul-10Shot 5973rd [13]
Prone Air – SH2World Cup FranceMay-10Shot 5999thNew personal best [9] [13] [24]
Prone Air – SH2World Cup GermanyMay-10Shot 59810thNew personal best [9] [13] [24]
Prone Air – SH2Australia CupMay-10Shot 5961st [13] [24]
Prone Air – SH2NationalsMar-10Shot 5932nd [13]
Prone Air – SH2Australia CupFeb-10Shot 5972nd [13] [24]
Prone Air – SH2OceaniaDec-09Shot 5971st [11] [13]
Prone Air – SH2Aus Cup FinalOct-09Shot 5973rd [13]
Prone Air – SH2Aus CupSep-09Shot 5971st [13]
Prone Air – SH2ArafuraMay-09Shot 5953rd [13]
Prone Air – SH2Korea CupApr-09Shot 59611th [13]
Prone Air – SH2NationalsApr-09Shot 5973rd [13]
Prone Air – SH2Aus CupMar-09Shot 5913rd [13]
Standing Air – SH2 2012 Summer Paralympics Sept-12Shot 58628th [3] [21]
Standing Air – SH2International Paralympic Committee World Cup2011Shot 596+103.16th [16]
Standing Air – SH2AISL GPJul-10Shot 5933rd [13]
Standing Air – SH2World Cup FranceMay-10Shot 59311th [13]
Standing Air – SH2World Cup GermanyMay-10Shot 59213th [13]
Standing Air – SH2Aus CupMay-10Shot 5861st [13]
Standing Air – SH2NationalsMar-10Shot 5882nd [13]
Standing Air – SH2Aus CupFeb-10Shot 5902nd [13]
Standing Air – SH2OceaniaDec-09Shot 5972nd [13]
Standing Air – SH2Aus Cup FinalOct-09Shot 5922nd [13]
Standing Air – SH2Aus CupSep-09Shot 5941st [13]
Standing Air – SH2ArafuraMay-09Shot 5872nd [13]
Standing Air – SH2Korea CupApr-09Shot 58710th [13]
Standing Air – SH2NationalsApr-09Shot 5922nd [13]
Standing Air – SH2Aus CupMar-09Shot 5922nd [13]

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