Michael Diamond (sport shooter)

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Medal record
Men's shooting
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Trap
Gold 2000 Sydney Trap
Commonwealth Games
Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur Trap
Gold 2002 Manchester Trap
Gold 2002 Manchester Trap pairs
Gold 2006 Melbourne Trap pairs
Silver 1998 Kuala Lumpur Trap pairs
Silver 2002 Manchester Double trap pairs

Michael Diamond (born May 20, 1972 in Sydney) is a professional target shooter from Australia. Mastering the shotgun, Diamond succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal for Trap both in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). He also holds the world record in Double Trap, and the final world record in Trap. Diamond is of Greek heritage.

He won the Trap event at the 2007 World Shotgun Championships.


Current world records held in Trap
Men Final 148 Flag of Australia Michael Diamond (AUS) (123+25)
Flag of Australia Michael Diamond (AUS) (123+25)		 September 6, 2007
May 10, 2008		 Nicosia (CYP)
Kerrville (USA)		 edit
Current world records held in Double Trap
Men Qualification 147 Flag of Australia Michael Diamond (AUS)
Flag of the United Kingdom Richard Faulds (GBR)		 July 19, 1998
June 8, 2008		 Barcelona (ESP)
Suhl (GER)		 edit
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Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic Champions in men's Trap
1900: Roger de Barbarin | 1908: Walter Ewing | 1912: James Graham | 1920: Mark Arie | 1924: Gyula Halasy | 1952: George Genereux | 1956: Galliano Rossini | 1960: Ion Dumitrescu | 1964: Ennio Mattarelli | 1968: John Braithwaite | 1972: Angelo Scalzone | 1976: Donald Haldeman | 1980+1984: Luciano Giovannetti | 1988: Dimitri Monakov | 1992: Petr Hrdlicka | 1996+2000: Michael Diamond | 2004: Aleksei Alipov
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