Shooting | Athlete Profile: Dane SAMPSON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  20 Aug 1986
Place of Birth:  BLACKTOWN
Country of birth:  AUS
Age:  31
Gender:   Men

Height (cm): 183
Weight (Kg): 90

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Shooting	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions	7
	Men's 50m Rifle Prone	12
	Men's 10m Air Rifle	1

Dane SAMPSON - Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
GR	10m Air Rifle Men's Finals	245.0	8 April, 2018	Gold Coast (AUS)

Dane SAMPSON - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Sun, 8 Apr 10:30	-	Belmont Shooting Centre	Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification	Finished
Sun, 8 Apr 13:30	-	Belmont Shooting Centre	Men's 10m Air Rifle Finals	Finished
Tue, 10 Apr 9:00	-	Belmont Shooting Centre	Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 9:00	-	Belmont Shooting Centre	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 12:45	-	Belmont Shooting Centre	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Finals	Finished

Legend

GR: Commonwealth Games Record

Biographical Information

Highlights:

Commonwealth Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2014	Glasgow, SCO	10m Air Rifle Men	8
2014	Glasgow, SCO	50m Rifle Prone Men	4
2014	Glasgow, SCO	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	8

Olympic Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10m Air Rifle Men	37
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	20
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	50m Rifle Prone Men	31
2012	London, GBR	10m Air Rifle Men	42
2012	London, GBR	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	37
2012	London, GBR	50m Rifle Prone Men	48

World Championships
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2014	Granada, ESP	10m Air Rifle Men	76
2014	Granada, ESP	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	48

Nickname: Daneo (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)
Hobbies:

Photography, surfing, hiking, music, pier jumping, woodwork (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017; shootingaustralia.org, 15 May 2017; issf-sports.org, 10 Oct 2017)

Occupation: Furniture maker (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)
Languages spoken: English
Coach:

NATIONAL/PERSONAL: Petr KURTA (CZE) (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)

Position style: Right hand, right eye
Sporting relatives:

Aunt Anna BUGDEN was a rifle shooter and competed for Australia at the World Championships in Milan, Italy in 1994. (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017; issf-sports.org, 28 oct 2017)

Reason: "Because I wanted to compete at the Olympics and travel." (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)
Ambition: "Be competitive at a high level for many years." (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)
Memorable: Finishing 20th in 50m rifle 3 positions at Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)
Hero: "My father has always been my idol." (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)
Influence: Coach Petr KURKA (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)
Ritual: Shower and breakfast. (Athlete, 27 Oct 2017)

Additional information:

COMMONWEALTH DEBUT
Made final in all three events he entered on Commonwealth Games debut at Glasgow 2014. Best result fourth in 50m rifle prone. (g2014results.thecgf.com, 28 Jul 2014)

MATTER OF TASTE
"I have a habit of making my sandwiches too big to get my mouth around. I don't like clowns, and I do like Vegemite on my pancakes." (shootingaustralia.org, 11 Dec 2015)

IMPRESSIVE
Gold in 50m rifle prone and bronze in 50m rifle 3 positions at Commonwealth Shooting Championships in November 2017 at Belmont shooting complex in Brisbane - a test event for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. (shootingaustralia.org, 6 Nov 2017)

Social Media: