Benjamin Burge Explained

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Benjamin Burge
Birth Date:11 June 1980
Birth Place:Albury, New South Wales,
Australia
Weight:740NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Club:Frankston Peninsula Target
Rifle Club
Coach:Miroslav Sipek
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Benjamin Burge (born 11 June 1980 in Albury, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter.[1] Since 2001, Burge had won a total of seven medals (five silver and two bronze) in both air and small-bore rifle at the Oceania Shooting Championships.[2] He also captured a bronze medal for the men's 50 m rifle three positions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, accumulating a score of 1,238.2 points.[3] [4]

Burge represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events. In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Burge was able to hit a total of 576 points within six attempts, finishing forty-ninth in the qualifying rounds.[5] Few days later, he placed fortieth in the 50 m rifle prone, by two points ahead of Austria's Christian Planer, with a total score of 588 points.[6] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Burge was able to shoot 392 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 387 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,152 points, finishing again in fortieth place.[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Benjamin Burge. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/benjamin-burge-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 29 December 2013.
  2. Web site: ISSF Profile – Benjamin Burge. ISSF. 29 January 2013.
  3. News: The right position for success. Melbourne 2006 Corporation. 24 March 2006. 29 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130425210537/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Sports+and+Venues/Shooting/News/20060324+right+Postion+for+success.htm. 25 April 2013. dead.
  4. News: Commonwealth Games: After five gold Jung slips to bronze . The Star (Malaysia) . 24 March 2006 . 29 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060427231941/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2006%2F3%2F24%2Fapworld%2F20060324145943&sec=apworld . 27 April 2006 .
  5. Web site: Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification . . 29 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053954/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM101901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  6. Web site: Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification . . 29 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816052443/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM103901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  7. Web site: Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification . . 29 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816052404/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM104901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  8. News: Australian shooters Matthew Inabinet, Ben Burge out of the Games. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 17 August 2008. 29 January 2013.

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