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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.
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 ...
Corey Cogdell (born September 2, 1986) [1] is an American trapshooter. She is a two-time Olympic bronze medal winner in the Women's Trap; at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She has won eight ISSF World Cup medals and a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.
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]
Joshua Richmond (born December 19, 1985) [1] is an American male sport shooter who was, at one time, the world's top ranked double trap shooter. [2] He won the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 2010 and 2014, and also has 12 ISSF World Cup medals in the sport.
Walton Glenn Eller III [1] (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and five-time U.S. Olympic athlete (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016).At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in men's double trap setting both an Olympic Record and a Final Olympic Record.
The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League Championship is the largest trapshooting event in the world with over 8,000 student athletes participating in 2018. [ 2 ] In 2019, the USA Clay Target League launched the USA College Clay Target League, a program for 2-year and 4-year postsecondary institutions.
Madelynn Ann Bernau (born June 1, 1998, in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American sport shooter. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Bernau and Brian Burrows won the bronze medal in the mixed trap team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.