Richard Wang (athlete) explained

Richard Wang
Birth Date:	1947
Birth Place:	Hong Kong
Sport:	Sports shooting
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Richard Wang is a Hong Kong born athlete who has competed for Great Britain and England in sports shooting and Dragon Boat Racing.

Sports shooting

Wang represented England and won a silver medal in the 50 metres free pistol pairs with Paul Leatherdale, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Dragon Boat racing

• Team GB: Bronze medallist in the Senior 1000m at the 2009 IDBF Dragon Boat Racing World Championships ^[4] in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Team GB: Bronze medallist in the Grand Dragons 500m at the 2010 EDBF Dragon Boat Racing European Championships ^[5] in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Richard is currently still involved in Dragon Boat Racing and trains with the Typhoon Dragon Boat Club.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• BDA - British Dragon Boat Racing Association
• EDBF - European Dragon Boat Federation
• IDBF - International Dragon Boat Federation
• Raging Dragons

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1986 Athletes. Team England.
2. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. Web site: Commonwealth Games Medallists. GBR Athletics.
4. http://www.dragonboat2009.com/download/overall_results.pdf
5. http://www.edbf.org/championshipresults.php?cmd=ShowAll&tablename=AMSTERDAM2010 EDBF Championship Results