Richard Wang (athlete)
 Richard Wang at the 2010 European Championships in Amsterdam | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 Hong Kong |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sports shooting |
Richard Wang is a male Hong Kong born athlete who has competed for Great Britain and England in sports shooting and Dragon Boat Racing.
Sports shooting[]
Wang represented England and won a silver medal in the 50 metres free pistol pairs with Paul Leatherdale, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1][2][3]
Dragon Boat racing[]
- Team GB: Bronze medallist in the Senior 1000m at the 2009 IDBF Dragon Boat Racing World Championships [4] in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Team GB: Bronze medallist in the Grand Dragons 500m at the 2010 EDBF Dragon Boat Racing European Championships [5] in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Richard is currently[when?] still involved in Dragon Boat Racing and trains with the Typhoon Dragon Boat Club.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ http://www.dragonboat2009.com/download/overall_results.pdf
- ^ EDBF Championship Results
External links[]
Categories:
- Living people
- 1947 births
- Hong Kong people
- British male sport shooters
- Shooters at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England