Abbey Burton Explained

Abbey Ling
Birth Name:	Abbey Burton
Birth Place:	High Wycombe
Height:	174 cm

Abbey Ling (Burton; born 30 March 1987 in High Wycombe) is a British sports shooter from Nynehead, Somerset.^[1] She married fellow Team GB sports shooter Edward Ling in 2014, and has two daughters with him.^{[2] [3] [4]} She works as the head female coach at Ling Shooting School.^[5] She represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[3] She is a five time world champion, World Cup, and commonwealth medalist.

Medals

• Total of 6 individual medals at the World and European championships: 2 Bronze, 4 Silver.
• Total of 5 team medals at World, European and Commonwealth Championships: 1 Bronze, 2 Silver, 2 Gold.
• Beat the World Record of 75ex75 plus 22 single barrel final (total 97ex100)
• 4 times British Ladies champion - first woman to win three years in a row.^[6]

External links

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Notes and References

1. News: BBC Sport - Shooting - Somerset shooter Abbey Burton is aiming for gold . 3 September 2017 . news.bbc.co.uk . BBC News.
2. Web site: Shotgun wedding arch for hotshot couple . This is The West Country . 3 September 2017 . en.
3. Web site: SHOOTING: Lings 'overwhelmed' by England call for Commonwealth Games . Somerset County Gazette . 5 March 2018.
4. Web site: Congratulations to Abbey Burton and Ed Ling - CPSA . www.cpsa.co.uk . 3 September 2017 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121213/https://www.cpsa.co.uk/news/general/2014/09/23/congratulations-to-abbey-burton-and-ed-ling . 3 September 2017 . dead.
5. Web site: The Team - Ling Shooting . Ling Shooting . 3 September 2017.
6. Web site: British Shooting . britishshooting.org.uk . 3 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170903120647/http://britishshooting.org.uk/world-class/name%3DAbbey_Ling%26d%3D31 . 3 September 2017 . dead.