Alistair Davis Explained

Alistair Davis
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Birth Date:1 December 1992
Birth Place:Pretoria, South Africa
Weight:87.99980NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:Trap, double trap
Club:Centurion Gun Club
Coach:Frank Davis
Retired:2014
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Alistair Davis (born 1 December 1992) is a retired South African sport shooter.[1] [2] He won a gold medal in the men's double trap at the 2011 African Shooting Championships in Rabat, Morocco, with a total score of 182 targets, earning him a spot on the South African team for the Olympics.[3] [4] Davis is also a member of Centurion Gun Club in Pretoria, and is coached and trained by his father Frank Davis.[1] [3]

Davis represented South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed as the nation's lone shooter in the men's double trap. He scored a total of 132 targets in the qualifying rounds, one point behind Chinese shooter and Olympic bronze medalist Hu Binyuan, finishing in fifteenth place—the highest finish at the Olympics by a South African in clay target categories.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alistair Davis. London 2012. 10 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121031222008/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/davis-alistair-1091446/. 31 October 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Alistair Davis. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/alistair-davis-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 10 February 2013.
  3. Web site: ISSF Profile – Alistair Davis. ISSF. 8 February 2013.
  4. News: Abdel Kader. Ghada. Aiming for 2012. Al-Ahram Weekly. 6–12 October 2011. 10 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20111204021535/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1067/sp2.htm. 2011-12-04. dead.
  5. Web site: Men's Double Trap Qualification. London 2012. 10 February 2013. https://archive.today/20121206014512/www.london2012.com/shooting/event/men-double-trap/phase=shm402900/index.html. 6 December 2012. dead. dmy-all.