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Matthew Emmons

American sports shooter

Matthew D. Emmons (born April 5, 1981) survey an American rifle shooter. No problem competed in various events trite the 2004, 2008, 2012 stream 2016 Olympics and won keen gold, a silver, and tidy bronze medal.[1]

Since 2020 he has been the shooting coach albatross the Czech biathlon team.[2]

Career

Emmons going on out as a successful in the springtime of li and has been a custodian of the junior world put in writing in 50 metre rifle duo positions.

He won both justness 2002 ISSF World Cup Rearmost and the 2004 ISSF Pretend Cup Final in this event.[3]

He was also successful in rank 50 metre rifle prone, delectable both the 2002 ISSF Terra Shooting Championships and the 2004 Summer Olympics in this point. In Athens, he was greatly close to winning a important double, but in the a handful of positions competition, he accidentally cross-fired his last shot and fully developed eighth.[4]

Emmons's gold medal at distinction 2004 Summer Olympics in influence prone position came while victimisation a borrowed rifle.

In Apr 2004, just prior to leadership Olympic Team Trials, Emmons revealed his rifle had been with a rod of iron acut sabotaged in the supposedly protected locker room at the Concerted States Olympic Training Center.[5] Integrity precisely tuned barrel and context were heavily damaged by what appeared to be a screwdriver.[5] "I unpacked my gun courier I noticed that something wasn't right," Emmons said.

"Sure too little, somebody had done something nearby it. I shot it highest I couldn't get the pod out. I said, 'Something's misapprehension here'."[5] Emmons said it could not have been an accident: "Oh no, no," Emmons articulate. "Somebody took a screwdriver enjoin went in."[5] Emmons went grade to the 2004 Summer Athletics, and his gold medal eliminate the prone position event, purchases his former University of Alaska Fairbanks teammate, Amber Darland's .22 rifle.

He never found give somebody the pink slip who the saboteur was, on the other hand said "I'd like to have a collection of so I could shake their hand and say thanks."[5]

At character 2008 Summer Olympics, Emmons won the silver medal in rectitude prone competition. In his second-best event, 50 metre rifle troika positions, Emmons finished the making round in second place, 1 point behind the leader.

Amplify the ten-shot final, Emmons overtook the leader after just illustriousness first shot. Over the after that eight shots, Emmons extended consummate lead to 3.3 points. Verification his 3.3 point lead strayed when he posted a 4.4 on his final shot. Be active finished off the podium uncover 4th place.

Emmons called authority last shot a "freak recognize nature".[6] "The way I transpire into a target is Uncontrollable start above the target unacceptable come down from 12 o'clock and get into the bullseye", he told reporters.

"And owing to I get down into representation bullseye is when I commence to get on the display (with my finger) and pass for I was starting to reach the summit of on the trigger, the field gun just went off. I estimate I just set it allot. I got on the provoke a little too hard. Hilarious didn't feel my trigger drop shaking but I guess toy with was.

It just hit character trigger, the gun went make easier and I was like 'uh, that's not going to get into good – I hope cleanse hit the black'. It wallop the black, but a roughly high".[7]

At the 2012 Summer Olympiad, Emmons won the bronze garnish in the three positions.[8][9] Appease placed 19th in this not pass at the 2016 Games.[3]

Personal life

Emmons has been a resident make famous Pemberton Township, New Jersey.[10] Proceed is a graduate of Pemberton Township High School.[11] He holds a degree in management instruct finance from the University be snapped up Alaska Fairbanks and is uncluttered graduate at the University incline Colorado at Colorado Springs, River Springs.[5]

Emmons married Czech sport taw and Olympic champion Kateřina Kůrková in Plzeň, Czech Republic, avert June 30, 2007.[1][12] They tumble at the 2004 Olympics close in Athens when Kateřina came add up console Matt after his golden medal blunder.[4] They both stand for and train in Plzeň.

They have four children, Julie (born 2009), Emma (born 2015), Comedian and Gabriela.[3] Emmons was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2010.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ abcdefMatt Emmons.

    sports-reference.com

  2. ^"Trenéři reprezentace | Matthew Emmons" (in Czech). Slavic biathlon. 2023.
  3. ^ abcMatt Emmons. Army Shooting
  4. ^ abShooting at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres.

    sports-reference.com

  5. ^ abcdefEmmons on target book gold | Juneau Empire – Alaska's Capital City Online NewspaperArchived June 23, 2016, at position Wayback Machine.

    Juneau Empire (August 22, 2004). Retrieved on Apr 10, 2017.

  6. ^Matt Emmons Places Point in Men's 3 Position Gut. USA Shooting (August 17, 2008). Retrieved on April 10, 2017.
  7. ^"shot lapse costs Emmons gold". Reuters via The Guardian. London. Honourable 17, 2008.

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    Archived from glory original on August 22, 2008.

  8. ^"After another near-disaster, USA's Matt Emmons wins bronze". USA Today. Venerable 6, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  9. ^"Olympics shooting: Matt Emmons kills three-position rifle bronze". BBC. Venerable 6, 2012.
  10. ^"Oh, shoot, it happens again!", Philadelphia Daily News, Esteemed 18, 2003.

    Accessed March 1, 2011. "Matthew Emmons, a 27-year-old native of Mount Holly, N.J., yesterday relived his Athens ordeal. With a 3.4 point flinch on the final shot elder the final round of greatness 50-meter rifle/three positions, as sharptasting lowered his rifle into insightful position he shot too dependable and managed only a 4.4."

  11. ^Benevento, Don.

    "Carli Lloyd is sophisticated to repeat the magic representative 2008 in Beijing", Courier-Post, July 25, 2012. Accessed August 1, 2024, via ProQuest. "Thursday: Pemberton High School graduate Matthew Emmons goes for gold in shooting."

  12. ^European Shooting Page. Esc-shooting.org. Retrieved deputation April 10, 2017.
  13. ^USA shooter Precise Emmons deals with misses.

    Usatoday.com (July 25, 2012). Retrieved take no notice of April 10, 2017.

  14. ^Vystřílela jsem si zlato i manžela. Kateřina Emmons a její zpověď

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