Michael Maskell (sport shooter) explained

Michael Maskell
Fullname:Michael John Maskell
Birth Date:24 November 1966
Birth Place:Bridgetown, Barbados
Weight:990NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:Skeet (SK125)
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Michael John Maskell (born November 24, 1966, in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian sport shooter.[1] Maskell represented Barbados in five editions of the Olympic Games -- 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2016 -- having narrowly missed reaching the final podium twice in men's skeet shooting at both the 1999 and 2011 Pan American Games.[2] [3]

Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Maskell qualified for his fourth Barbadian team, as a 37-year-old, in men's skeet shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens by receiving a wild card place from ISSF through a re-allocation of unused quota.[2] Building his own milestone as a four-time Olympian, Maskell was appointed by the Barbados Olympic Association to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.[4] After finishing twenty-fifth in Barcelona (1992) for mixed skeet, forty-ninth in Atlanta (1996), and twenty-third in Sydney (2000), his highest ever placement, Maskell did not improve his standard in the same program, as he hit a total of 117 targets to share a thirty-first-place finish with Chile's Jorge Atalah and Germany's Axel Wegner.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Michael Maskell. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004759/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/michael-maskell-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 25 September 2013.
  2. Web site: ISSF Profile – Michael Maskell. ISSF. 24 September 2013.
  3. News: Sherrylyn . Toppin . No Olympic tickets at BOA . . 13 October 2011 . 25 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927045307/http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/no-olympic-tickets-at-boa/no-text-7981905214930051760/ . 27 September 2013 .
  4. News: 2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony. Olympics. 13 August 2004. 11 September 2013.
  5. Web site: Shooting: Men's Skeet Qualification. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  6. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Shooting – Mixed Skeet. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 92. 23 September 2013.
  7. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Men's Skeet. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 217. 23 September 2013.
  8. Web site: Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's Skeet. Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. 74. 23 September 2013.