Richard Faulds

Richard Faulds medal table
Richard Faulds (2009)
Sport shooting
United Kingdom
Olympic games
gold	Sydney 2000	Double trap
World championships
bronze	Barcelona 1998	Double trap
bronze	Nicosia 2007	Double trap (M)
bronze	Maribor 2009	Double trap (M)
Commonwealth Games
bronze	Manchester 2002	Double trap (P)
bronze	Melbourne 2006	Double trap (P)

Richard Bruce Faulds , MBE (born March 16, 1977 in Guildford ) is a former British marksman in the double trap discipline .

successes

Richard Faulds took part in five Olympic Games . In 1996 he finished fifth in Atlanta and also reached the final of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . There he got a total of 187 points, which is why there was a playoff for the gold medal against Russell Mark . Faulds won the jump-off with three hits against two hits by Mark and became Olympic champion . In 2004 he did not get past 13th place in Athens , while in 2008 he reached the final again in Beijing . He finished last with 180 points and finished sixth overall. His last Olympic participation in London in 2012 , he finished twelfth .

At World Championships in 1998 in Barcelona , Scott won the individual bronze medal, as well as bronze in the team competition in 2007 in Nicosia and 2009 in Maribor . Faulds secured another bronze medal each at the Commonwealth Games in the pair competition in 2002 in Manchester and 2006 in Melbourne .

For his Olympic victory he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire . In 2014 Faulds announced his resignation. He is married and has one child.

Web links

• Richard Faulds in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
• Richard Faulds in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )