Russell Mark
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Russell Andrew Mark, OAM (born 25 February, 1964 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Olympic Champion marksman and world-renowned clay target shooting coach specialising in the disciplines of Olympic Trap and American Trap. Mark is a former World and Olympic Record holder. He won the Olympic gold medal in Double Trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won an Olympic silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Mark competed at six Olympic Games: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012.[1] The only Australian Summer Olympian to compete in more Olympiads is Andrew Hoy (seven).
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Full name | Russell Andrew Mark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1964-02-25) 25 February 1964 (age 60)[1] Ballarat[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Lauryn Mark[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His win at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics gave him the distinction of being the world's inaugural shotgun competitor to win an individual gold medal in all four of the major International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) titles; the World Cup, the World Cup Final, the World Championship and the Olympic Games. Uniquely after the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, he also has a complete set of silver medals from all four of the world's major championships. This is an honour he solely shares with the legendary American female clay target shooter and six time Olympic medalist, Kimberley Rhode.
Mark is a dual World Individual Champion (1994 in Fagnano, Italy and 1997 in Lima, Peru) and also dual World Team Champion (1998 in Barcelona, Spain and 1999 in Tampere, Finland). When Mark won the World Cup Trap Gold Medal in Los Angeles, USA (1991) he became the first-ever Australian to win an individual ISSF World Cup in any Shooting discipline. He also won World Cup gold medals in Lonato, Italy (1992); Munich, Germany (1994); Lima, Peru (1999); Sydney, Australia (2000); and Perth, Australia (2003). At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Mark won a gold medal in men's Double Trap.