David Moore (sport shooter)

David Moore
Personal information
Full nameDavid Keith Moore
Nationality Australia
Born (1953-12-30) 30 December 1953 (age 70)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
25 m centre fire pistol (CFP)
25 m standard pistol (STP)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubSydney Pistol Club[1]
Coached byCheryl Moore[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne FP (pairs)
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur FP (pairs)
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester CFP (pairs)
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester FP (pairs)
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne STP (pairs)

David Keith Moore (born 30 December 1953 in Sydney) is an Australian sport shooter.[2] Since 1995, Moore had won a total of twelve medals (four golds, four silver, and four bronze) in the air, standard, centre-fire, and free pistol at the Oceania Shooting Championships.[1] He also captured a gold medal in the free pistol pairs, along with his partner Daniel Repacholi, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, with a combined score of 1,086 points.[3][4] Moore competed for both air and free pistol shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Moore qualified for his third Australian team, as a 54-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second in the men's free pistol from the 2007 Oceania Shooting Championships, coincidentally in his home city Sydney.[1] He scored a total of 571 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Roger Daniel from the final attempt, finishing only in thirty-sixth place.[5] Three days later, Moore placed thirty-fifth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point behind French sport shooter and five-time Olympian Franck Dumoulin, with a total score of 546 targets.[6]

Olympic results

Event 2000 2004 2008
50-metre pistol 15th
556 		24th
550 		34th
546
10 metre air pistol 32nd
567 		27th
574 		35th
571

References

  1. ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – David Moore". ISSF. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Moore". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Australian pair win pistol gold". ABC Australia. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Pairing up for gold". Melbourne 2006 Corporation. 17 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.