Peter Wilson (marksman)

Peter Wilson
Peter Wilson (2002)
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	September 15, 1986
place of birth	Dorchester
Career
discipline	Double trap
status	resigned
End of career	October 31, 2014
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × EM medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×

Peter Robert Russell Wilson , MBE (born September 15, 1986 in Dorchester ) is a retired British marksman .

successes

Peter Wilson competed in shooting competitions in the double trap discipline . In 2010 he became vice European champion in Kazan after winning the junior title in Maribor in 2006 . The following year he took the top position in the world because of his good World Cup results. In 2012 he set a new world record with 198 points at the World Cup in Arizona and took part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London . There he completed the competition in double trap with 188 points ahead of Håkan Dahlby and Wassili Mossin in first place and thus became Olympic champion .

In early 2013 he was named a member of the Order of the British Empire for this success . On October 31, 2014, Wilson announced his resignation.

Web links

Commons : Peter Wilson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Peter Wilson in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
• Peter Wilson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Peter Wilson at the British Olympic Association (English, with picture)