Nathan Grant Hales (born 16 June 1996)[1] is a British sport shooter.
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| Birth name | Nathan Grant Hales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1996 Chatham, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was born in Kent. He participated at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships, where he won team bronze in the trap.[2]
At the 2022 World Shotgun Championships, Hales earned a quota place for the 2024 Olympic Games when he won silver in the Individual Men's Trap. He also won silver in the Mixed Pairs Trap with Lucy Hall and Senior Men's Team gold with Matthew Coward-Holley and Aaron Heading.[3]
In 2023, he won the Men's Trap event at the Lonato leg of the ISSF World Cup series, where he broke the world record.[4] This qualified him for the World Cup final in Doha, where he won bronze.[5]
Hales won gold in the men's trap at the 2024 Summer Olympics, scoring 48 out of 50 to set a new Olympic record.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Athlete Profiles | NATHAN HALES". British Shooting. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Coward-Holley crowned Olympic Trap world champion in Lonato". Eurosport. Sportsbeat. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Nathan Hales: GB shooter secures Paris Olympics place". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Nathan Hales". Team GB. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Nathan Hales Wins World Cup Final Bronze In Doha!". British Shooting. 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Great Britain's Hales wins men's trap shooting gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympics 2024: Nathan Hales secures gold medal in shooting". ESPN. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
External links
edit- Nathan Hales at ISSF
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