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Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. [1] [2]Trap shooting is distinguished by the targets being launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter, compared with skeet shooting where targets are launched from two "houses" crossing in front of the shooter.
Cynthia Barbara Meyer (born October 6, 1965, in New York City, United States) [1] is a Canadian trap shooter who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. Meyer is also a former world championship medalist in the double trap. [2] Meyer was on Canada's Olympic teams in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Aaron Heading (born 21 May 1987) is a clay-pigeon shooter, [1] specialising in the Trap discipline. He represents England and Great Britain. In 2010 Heading earned selection for the England shooting team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi from 3–14 October 2010.
Ryann Phillips fell short of qualifying for the finals in women's trap shooting Wednesday morning. Phillips, a Lubbock-born Gail native and student at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, finished the ...
Captain Adam Henry Bogardus (1834–1913) was a world champion and United States champion trap shooter, as well as the inventor of the first practical glass ball trap. He was born in Berne, New York. There, in 1854, he married Cordelia Dearstyne. They moved to Elkhart, Illinois where he became the wing shot champion of the world. He is credited ...
Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity whose participants use shotguns to attempt to break clay targets which two fixed stations mechanically fling into the air at high speed and at a variety of angles. [1] Skeet is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay shooting—alongside trap shooting and sporting clays.
Rosemary Young Miller (June 26, 1939 – December 3, 1974) was an American sport shooter.A prominent trap and skeet shooter, she was inducted into the Delaware Trapshooting Hall of Fame in 1979, the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1983, and the Skeetshooting Hall of Fame in 2002.
Michel Carrega (25 September 1934 – 26 September 2024) was a French trap shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1984 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972. [1] He was a world champion in 1970, 1971, 1974 and 1979. Carrega died on 26 September 2024, one day after his 90th birthday. [2]