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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.
Nora Ross is an American trap shooting champion. She is known for being perhaps the best one-eye shooter in the United States. [1] She's a 34-time All-American, 15-time All American Ladies Captain, and a 30-time Trap and Field Average winner. [2] Ross is the first woman to break 200 in doubles. She was inducted into the Trapshooting Hall of ...
The Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) [1] serves as the governing body for the sport of American style of trapshooting. The ATA was founded in 1900 and as the American Trapshooting Association. [2] Its first president was John Philip Sousa. [3] [4]
Plinky's record, the first recorded for a woman shooting aerial targets, consisted of hitting 967 of 1,000 clay targets with a .22 Semi-automatic rifle. Plinky was also the first woman to shoot in the Grand American trap shooting tournament, and she shot 100 straight targets over 200 times in her career, and 200 straight targets 14 times. [2] [3]
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.
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 ...
Not long after the Korean War ended, his shooting career began. Hicks began shooting Trap and Skeet in 1955 while stationed in Hawaii, and achieved his AA (Master Class) rating the same year which was almost unheard of. He quickly began moving up the ranks entering into shooting competitions and by 1963 he had achieved over 48 career wins.
Arnold Riegger (July 8, 1920 – July 6, 1996) was an American sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1] Riegger was born in Bothell, Washington, and grew up in the small town of Ryderwood, Washington. He won three national championships in trap shooting and was inducted into the Amateur Trapshooting Hall of ...