Brian Hebditch Explained

Brian Hebditch
Nationality:British
Sport:Sports shooting
Birth Date:15 July 1948
Birth Place:Cheltenham, England
Death Place:Titchfield, England

Anthony Brian Hebditch (15 July 1948 – 1 November 2023) was a British sports shooter. He competed in the mixed skeet event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

In October 1972, Hebditch represented England in the skeet event at the European Commonwealth Shooting Championships alongside David Seabrook and Alec Bennett. The team finished in all three podium positions.[2]

In May 1979, Hebditch won the British Open Sporting Championship of the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association.[3]

Personal life

Hebditch was hit by a lorry outside a garden centre in Titchfield, near Southampton, on 1 November 2023, and was declared dead at the scene. He was 75.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Brian Hebditch Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/brian-hebditch-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 8 February 2020.
  2. News: England Take Honours in Skeet Event . 14 November 2023 . The Daily Telegraph . 4 October 1976 . 10.
  3. News: 'Telegraph' trophy goes to Hebditch . 14 November 2023 . The Daily Telegraph . 28 May 1979 . 6.
  4. News: Webb . Freddie . Family pay tribute to Olympian Anthony Brian Hebditch who died after being hit by lorry in Titchfield . 14 November 2023 . The Portsmouth News . 14 November 2023.