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Luke Cain
	2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	3 February 1980 (age 44)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10m air rifle prone; 10m air rifle standing
Club	Springvale Range Club

Luke Cain (born 3 February 1980) is an SH2-classified Australian shooter who became a paraplegic after an accident while playing Australian rules football. He started competing in 2007, as the sport suited his disability, and has been a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder since 2008. He first represented Australia internationally in 2009 at a World Cup event in South Korea. He has also represented Australia in two Paralympic Games including the 2016 Rio Paralympics.^[1]

Personal

Cain was born on 3 February 1980 in Rosebud, Victoria.^[2]^[3]^[4] He started playing Australian rules football when he was seven years old for the Rye Football Club. He played senior football for Rosebud Football Club as a full-forward.^[5] In August 1999, at the age of nineteen, he was playing for Rosebud in a game against Hastings Football Club when he broke his neck after being sandwiched between a teammate and an opposing player.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] He is a paraplegic,^[5] and requires use of a wheelchair because of paralysis that affects him from the chest down. He has limited use of his fingers and no use of his hands.^[7]^[8] Before his accident, he participated in a range of sports, including basketball, athletics, waterskiing, kneeboarding and wakeboarding.^[5]^[9] After his accident, he continued in some sports, including angling.^[3] As of 2012^[update], he resides in Boneo, Victoria.^[3]^[4]

His cousin is Travis Cloke, an AFL All-Australian full-forward.^[6] Cain has been an inspiration to his cousin on the football field.^[6] At the same time, Cloke has supported Cain.^[7] Other cousins include AFL players Jason Cloke and Cameron Cloke.^[3]

Shooting

Cain is an SH2-classified shooter competing in 10m air rifle prone and 10m air rifle standing events.^[2] He has been a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder since 2008,^[6] and is a member of the Springvale Range Club.^[2] He is coached by Miro Sipek as an individual and when on the national team.^[3]

As a youngster, Cain hunted with his father and cousin.^[5] He took up the sport of shooting because it was one of the few available to people with his physical limitations.^[8] As of 2012^[update], he was sponsored by Miall's Gun Shop of Frankston, Victoria, who provided him with competition gear including cleaning supplies, a rifle case and a rifle. He holds two world records, one in the individual 600–600 R4 prone event, and another in the R4 10-metre standing event.^[8]^[10]

Cain started competing in 2007, and made the Australian national team the same year.^[2]^[11] During Australia's 2009 domestic series, the Australia Cup, an invitation-only series for the top shooters in the country,^[12] he earned a bronze, silver and gold medal.^[2] That year, he made his national team debut at an international event when he represented Australia at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in South Korea.^[9] By early 2010, he was looking for a sponsor to assist with costs for his international competitions.^[11] He set a personal best of 598 out of 600 in the SH-2 prone air event at the 2010 World Cup in Germany, and not long after, set a new personal best when he shot 599 at the same event at the 2010 World Cup in France.^[9]^[13] He came in first at the 2010 Oceania Shooting Federation Continental Championship.^[8]^[11] At the 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships in Zagreb,^[14] he came in first in the SH-2 prone air event by setting a world record of 600 points, a perfect score.^[8]^[13] At the 2011 Great Britain International, he finished second in the 10m air rifle prone event.^[2]^[15] He competed in the United States-hosted International Paralympic Committee World Cup in 2011,^[6] finishing fourth in the R5 Air Rifle Prone event with a score of 599. He earned a gold medal in the team event with teammates Jason Maroney and Bradley Mark.^[16] In 2012, he trained up to six days a week.^[8] At the Australian nationals, he finished second in the prone event behind New Zealander Michael Johnson, and third in the standing event behind fellow Australian Bradley Marks and Johnson.^[17]

Cain was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in Mixed R5-10m Air Rifle Prone-SH2 and Mixed R4-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH2 shooting events.^[2]^[3]^[8]^[18]^[19] Competing on 3 September,^[20] he did not medal, finishing 27th in the standing event and 28th in the prone event.^[3]^[21]

Most recently Cain had represented Australia in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He competed in the Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 and the Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2.^[22]^[23] Cain did not medal, placing 26th in the standing event and 33rd in the prone event.

Performance


Event	Competition	Date	Score	Finish	Notes	Reference
Prone Air – SH2	2012 Summer Paralympics	Sept-12	Shot 592	27th		^[3]^[21]
Prone Air – SH2	International Paralympic Committee World Cup	2011	Shot 599+105.6	4th		^[16]
Prone Air – SH2	World Cup GB	Oct-10	Shot 598	4th		^[13]^[24]
Prone Air – SH2	World Championships Croatia	Jul-10	Shot 600	9th	New personal best	^[4]^[13]^[24]
Prone Air – SH2	Aus Cup	Jul-10	Shot 599	2nd		^[13]^[24]
Prone Air – SH2	AISL GP	Jul-10	Shot 597	3rd		^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	World Cup France	May-10	Shot 599	9th	New personal best	^[9]^[13]^[24]
Prone Air – SH2	World Cup Germany	May-10	Shot 598	10th	New personal best	^[9]^[13]^[24]
Prone Air – SH2	Australia Cup	May-10	Shot 596	1st		^[13]^[24]
Prone Air – SH2	Nationals	Mar-10	Shot 593	2nd		^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	Australia Cup	Feb-10	Shot 597	2nd		^[13]^[24]
Prone Air – SH2	Oceania	Dec-09	Shot 597	1st		^[11]^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	Aus Cup Final	Oct-09	Shot 597	3rd		^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	Aus Cup	Sep-09	Shot 597	1st		^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	Arafura	May-09	Shot 595	3rd		^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	Korea Cup	Apr-09	Shot 596	11th		^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	Nationals	Apr-09	Shot 597	3rd		^[13]
Prone Air – SH2	Aus Cup	Mar-09	Shot 591	3rd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	2012 Summer Paralympics	Sept-12	Shot 586	28th		^[3]^[21]
Standing Air – SH2	International Paralympic Committee World Cup	2011	Shot 596+103.1	6th		^[16]
Standing Air – SH2	AISL GP	Jul-10	Shot 593	3rd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	World Cup France	May-10	Shot 593	11th		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	World Cup Germany	May-10	Shot 592	13th		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Aus Cup	May-10	Shot 586	1st		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Nationals	Mar-10	Shot 588	2nd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Aus Cup	Feb-10	Shot 590	2nd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Oceania	Dec-09	Shot 597	2nd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Aus Cup Final	Oct-09	Shot 592	2nd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Aus Cup	Sep-09	Shot 594	1st		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Arafura	May-09	Shot 587	2nd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Korea Cup	Apr-09	Shot 587	10th		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Nationals	Apr-09	Shot 592	2nd		^[13]
Standing Air – SH2	Aus Cup	Mar-09	Shot 592	2nd		^[13]

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