U.S. Olympic Shooting Team
June 22, 2008
The United States has won 97 medals in Olympic shooting competition. Americans won two gold and one silver medal in 2004. Matt Emmons won the Olympic gold in Athens for men’s prone, and he is on the team this year. Jamie Beyerley has been dominant in the sport in the women’s 3-position rifle competition.
Airgun
Emily Caruso (Fairfield, Conn.) – Women’s Air Rifle
Jason Parker (Omaha, Neb.) – Men’s Air Rifle
Stephen Scherer (Billerica, Mass.) – Men’s Air Rifle
Brenda Shinn (Riverside, Calif.) – Women’s Air Pistol
Beki Snyder (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Women’s Air Pistol
Brien Beaman (Selby, S.D.) – Men’s Air Pistol
Jason Turner (Rochester, N.Y.) – Men’s Air Pistol
Rifle (Smallbore)
Mike Anti (Winterville, N.C.) – Men’s Prone Rifle
Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.) – Men’s Prone Rifle, Men’s 3 Position Rifle
Jason Parker (Omaha, Neb.) – Men’s 3 Position Rifle
Jamie Beyerle (Lebanon, Pa.) – Women’s 3 Position Rifle
Sandra Fong (New York, N.Y.) – Women’s 3 Position Rifle
Pistol (Smallbore)
Libby Callahan (Columbira, S.C.) – Women’s Sport Pistol
Beki Snyder (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Women’s Sport Pistol
Daryl Szarenski (Saginaw, Mich.) – Men’s Free Pistol
Jason Turner (Rochester, N.Y.) – Men’s Free Pistol
Keith Sanderson (San Antonio) – Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol
Shotgun
Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) – Women’s Trap
Bret Erickson (Bennington, Neb./Muenster, Texas) – Men’s Trap
Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio) – Men’s Trap
Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas) – Men’s Double Trap
Jeff Holjuin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) – Men’s Double Trap
Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) – Women’s Skeet
Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.) – Men’s Skeet
Sean McLelland (Mission, Texas) – Men’s Skeet
To learn more about the U.S. Olympic Shooting Team, visit the U.S. Shooting Web site. If you want to see all U.S. Olympic qualifiers in every sport for the Beijing games, search on the official U.S. Olympics site.




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