Jason Maroney Explained

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Jason Maroney
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:19 March 1967
Country:Australia
Sport:Shooting
Event:R4-10m air rifle standing SH2
R4 Air Rifle
R5 Air Rifle

Jason Maroney (born 19 March 1967) is an Australian shooter. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in shooting. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.

Personal

Maroney was born on 19 March 1967. He is originally from Glenrowan, Victoria.[1] [2] He spent time in the army. He became a quadriplegic as a result of a car accident when he was 19 years old. He uses a wheelchair.[3]

Shooting

Maroney is a shooter.[4] He is classified as a SH2 shooter.Maroney took up competitive shooting in 2004.[4] He first represented Australia in 2005.[4] In 2006, he demonstrated the sport to six people with disabilities as part of a Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (SSAA) held the Shooting For All day event in Springvale.[5] He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, making the finals in the mixed R5-10m air rifle prone SH2 event and finishing sixth overall.[1] [6] He finished fifth in the mixed R4-10m air rifle standing SH2 event.[7] He finished first at the Korean hosted 2009 Open Asian Championships.[4] He finished second at the 2010 World Championships.[4] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in shooting in the R4 and R5 Air Rifle events.[4] [8] [9] The 2012 Games were his second.[10] He did not medal at the 2012 Games.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paralympic shooters on target for London . Ausshooting.org . 2012-08-06 . 2012-08-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120814201933/http://www.ausshooting.org/media/545-paralympic-shooters-on-target-for-london.html . 2012-08-14 .
  2. Web site: Jess . Allison . Our Olympians . ABC Goulburn Murray - Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2012-06-21 . 2012-08-15.
  3. Web site: Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games . People Daily . 2012-08-15.
  4. Web site: Jason Maroney . Australian Paralympic Committee . Australia . 2012 . 13 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120712095919/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/jason-maroney . 12 July 2012 .
  5. Web site: Shooting a success . https://archive.today/20121230165543/http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/star/dandenong/49/story/18384.html . dead . 2012-12-30 . Star Dandenong . 2006-07-06 . 2012-08-15 .
  6. Web site: Olivia McGrath . Australia up to 26 medals . ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 2008-09-10 . 2012-07-13.
  7. Web site: Olivia McGrath . Golden Aussie trio set Water Cube alight . ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 2008-09-12 . 2012-08-15.
  8. Web site: Niav Owens . Kosmala shoots for her 11th Games - . ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 25 July 2012 . Australia.
  9. Web site: Kosmala on target for 11th Games . ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 2012-05-22 . 2012-08-15.
  10. Web site: Jess . Allison . Now I think a lot of it . ABC Goulburn Murray - Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2012-06-18 . 2012-08-15.

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