Jonathan Hammond
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  United Kingdom
ISSF World Shooting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Barcelona 50m Rifle Prone Junior
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 50 m rifle prone pairs
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 50 m rifle prone singles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 50 m rifle 3 positions singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 50 m rifle 3 positions pairs

Jonathan William James Hammond (born 1 October 1980)[1] is a British sport shooter, who has competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the Olympics. He is currently the head coach of the rifle team at the West Virginia University.[2]

Early life

Hammond was born on 1 October 1980 in Aberdeen, Scotland.[2][3] He began shooting at Ardvreck School in Crieff, Perthshire and at the age of 13 he won the Scottish under-18s championships.[4] At the age of 17 he won the World Junior Championship in prone rifle.[2] He has a BA in geography and a master's in sport management.[4]

2008 Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, Hammond competed in three events as the sole representative in rifle for Great Britain.[2][1] In his first event, the men's 10 metres air rifle, Hammond scored 589 points to finish in 29th place as Abhinav Bindra won to become India's first ever individual Olympic gold medallist.[1][5] Hammond came 34th in the 50 metre rifle prone again scoring 589 points as gold was won by Artur Ayvazian of Ukraine.[6] In the 50 metres rifle three positions Hammond finished 42nd out of the 49 athletes who started in an event that was won by China's Qiu Jian[7]

2010 Commonwealth Games

From the left: Warren Potent, David Clifton, Neil Stirton, Jonathan Hammond, Mike Babb, and Richard Wilson with their medals after the men's 50 metre rifle prone pairs.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games Hammond won a total of four medals, two gold, a silver and a bronze, making him the most successful Scottish athlete ever at the Games.[8]

Hammond's first medal of the Games came in the pairs three position 50 metres rifle. Hammond and teammate Neil Stirton finished in a tie for second, behind Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang of India, having recorded the same score as English pair James Huckle and Kenneth Parr but were awarded the bronze medal on the x count, an additional target within the maximum 10 target.[9] Hammond won his silver medal in the individual 50 metre rifle three positions;Gold was won by Narang and bronze by Huckle.[10] His first gold medal came in the 50 metres rifle prone pairs. Again partnered by Stirton the Scottish duo scored 1181-74x to beat England's Mike Babb and Richard Wilson.[citation needed] Hammond's second gold medal was won in men's 50 metres rifle prone singles, his score of 696.9 points beat Australian silver medallist Warren Potent's score by 1.5 points.[11]

2012 Olympics

Hammond was selected as one of ten shooters to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He competed in the men's 50 metre rifle prone event held at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich and the 50 metre 3 positions.[12] He finished in 17th in the prone and in 41st in the 3 positions event.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonathan Hammond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Introducing our shooters - Jonathan Hammond". Eley Limited. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Jonathan Hammond". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Jon Hammond". The Telegraph online. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Bindra claims India's first gold". BBC Sport. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Ayvazian claims gold for Ukraine". BBC Sport. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Error hands Qiu 50m rifle victory". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  8. ^ Waddell, Gordon (15 October 2010). "Commonwealth Games hero Jon Hammond won't let medal haul change his life". The Daily Record. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Stephanie Twell wins bronze in the women's 1500m". BBC Sport. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  10. ^ "2010 Commonwealth Games: North wins shooting gold". BBC Sport. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Scotland's Jon Hammond adds gold to shooting medal haul". The Telegraph. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Ten Shooting Athletes Selected to Team GB". British Olympic Association. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  13. ^ "London 2012 - Shooting - Men's Rifle 50 m Prone". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  14. ^ "London 2012 - Shooting - Men's Rifle 3 Positions". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

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