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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.
Flag of the United States. IOC code: USA: NOC: ... Shooting: Trap: October 17 Bronze: ... The 1964 United States Olympic basketball team featured college and AAU players.
Olympic trap is a shooting sports discipline contested at the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Usually referred to simply as "trap", the discipline is also known in the United States as international trap , bunker trap , trench or international clay pigeon . [ 1 ]
Brian Burrows (born February 17, 1988, in Torrance, California) is an American sport shooter. [1] Burrows and Madelynn Bernau won the bronze medal in the mixed trap team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
The USA Clay Target League is the largest youth clay target shooting program in the world, with over 50,000 participants yearly. [1] The organization's high school program - USA High School Clay Target League - runs high-school trapshooting leagues in states nationwide, the largest of which is Minnesota, where 12,000 students from nearly 450 ...
The trap competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held on 18–20 July in Montreal, Canada. [1] There were 44 competitors from 29 nations, with each nation limited to two shooters. [ 2 ] The event was won by Donald Haldeman of the United States, the nation's first victory in the trap since back-to-back wins in 1912 and 1920.
Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. [1] A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap.
Mark Peter Arie (March 27, 1882 – November 19, 1958) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. [1] He won a gold medal in the trap shooting and also in the team clay pigeons .