Chris Hector

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Chris Hector
Personal information
Born (1968-12-24) 24 December 1968 (age 53)
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland air rifle pairs
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland air rifle
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria air rifle
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria air rifle pair
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 50m rifle 3 pos
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur air rifle
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur air rifle pair
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50m rifle 3 pos
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 50m rifle 3 pos
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester air rifle pair
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 50m rifle prone
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 50m rifle 3 pos

Christopher Hector (born 1968) is a British former sports shooter.

Sports shooting career[]

Hector has won twelve Commonwealth Games medals spanning five Games from 1990 until 2006.[1]

The success began when he represented England and won two silver medals in the individual air rifle and air rifle pairs with Robert Smith, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] Four years later, at his second Games in Victoria, British Columbia, he won a medal of each colour; a gold in the air rifle, a silver in the air rifle pair with Nigel Wallace and a bronze medal in the 50 metres smallbore rifle 3 position pairs with Trevor Langridge.[3] At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won three more medals; double gold in the air rifle events (the pair with Nigel Wallace) and a bronze in the rifle 3 position pairs with Kenneth Parr.

His fourth Games in 2002 in his home nation provided two medals, a silver in the rifle 3 position pair with and a bronze, once again with Wallace in the air rifle pair. A remarkable Commonwealth Games career came to an end after the 2006 Games which saw him win his 11th and 12th medals, a gold in the 50 metres prone with Michael Babb and a bronze in the rifle 3 positions with Burrage.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "1994 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "The man with the golden gun". Royston Crow.
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