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Joshua Richmond

Joshua Richmond

American sport shooter

Joshua Richmond (born December 19, 1985)[1] is an American male sport shooter who was, at one time, the world's top ranked double trap shooter.[2] He won the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 2010 and 2014, and also has 12 ISSF World Cup medals in the sport. He was favored to win the men's double trap shooting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[3] but placed 16th.

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Richmond was born in Sayre, Pennsylvania to Michael and Sandra Richmond. He attended Sullivan County High School and Troy State University and resides in Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania. He has a brother, Justin, wife Scharri, and two sons, Tristan and Beaux. In 2011 he was deployed to Afghanistan and earned the Army Commendation Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, U.S. International Distinguished Badge and the Grenade Marksmanship Badge.[4]

With the removal of double trap from the Olympics, Josh has transitioned into shooting international trap.

Performance History

Double Trap [5]

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Olympic Games Not held — Not held 16th
131		 Not held 7th
135
World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
132 (J)		 6th
141+44		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
143+46		 — 5th
143+40		 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
146+50		 19th
143		 — — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
143(30)+30		 — —
Pan American Games / CAT 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
136+47		 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
138+47		 — — — — — — 6th
143(25)		 — —
World Cup 1 — 27th
124		 4th
140+46		 6th
139+42		 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
144+48		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
143+46		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
143+40		 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
138(29)+27		 — 9th
135
World Cup 2 — 8th
135		 — 14th
134		 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
145+43		 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
140+46		 — — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
138(28)+28		 — 7th
136
World Cup 3 — — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
142+49		 — 5th
141+47		 4th
143+45		 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
144+49		 30th
122		 29th
137		 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
140(28)+29
World Cup 4 4th
140+46		 — — — 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
142+48		 12th
141		 4th
145+47		 Not held — — — 10th
136
World Cup Final — — 9th
137		 — — 10th
138		 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
145+47		 4th
140(29)+27		 4th
143(29)+26		 — —

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joshua Richmond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Double Trap Shooters Glenn Eller & Josh Richmond Aim for More Olympic Hardware". Ammoland.com. August 1, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Quinn, Sam H. (August 1, 2012). "Olympic Medal Count 2012: How Team USA Will Reclaim the Lead". BleacherReport.com.
  4. [4]
    "Joshua Richmond profile". TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  5. [5]
    "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
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