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Men’s Double Trap
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History in the Making
History in the making is the prelude to the Olympic Games for the
U.S. Olympic Team for Shotgun and the weight of such is shouldered by not just one, but all six double-barreled medal threats.
The five-in-five quest for Kim Rhode will certainly dominate
the headlines but given that happens two days into the Olympic
shooting competition, the other five U.S. team members will
have time to write their own Olympic histories.
Corey Cogdell is the fourth Olympic medalist making a return
visit to Olympic competition. An athlete who seemingly shoots
best when the pressure is the greatest, Cogdell was down six
targets coming into the Tucson Olympic Trials, and took control with a second-day 94 and would cruise to a 10-point win.
She’s primed to improve on her bronze-medal finish after winning a gold medal at the Tucson World Cup in March.
Olympic gold medalists Vincent Hancock and Glenn Eller will look
to become just the eighth and ninth shooters ever to repeat
as Olympic champions. Hancock, as steely-eyed and intense a
competitor as you’ll find in the sport, is back to his dominating
destruction of the skeet targets. He has just one World Cup
medal since winning gold in Beijing, but has gotten his game
back on track after having two children since 2008.
With 25 targets remaining in his Olympic quest during the Team
Trials, an Olympic spot looked bleak for Frank Thompson. Jon Michael McGrath entered the event final three targets up on Mark
Weeks and Frank Thompson and in the driver’s seat for Olympic
selection. Having missed just one target in 150 previous shots,
McGrath dropped three targets in the final round while Weeks
and Thompson aced their final test with perfect 25s forcing a
25-target shoot-off. Thompson would continue his late-game
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pressure shooting in the three-person shoot-out with another
25 while McGrath dropped a target on station four that would
secure Thompson’s Olympic spot after Weeks’ two missed clays.
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Eller’s biggest threat to a repeat might just be his own teammate Josh Richmond who has simply dominated the field in
Double Trap since 2008, winning a World Championship and
seven World Cup medals including two in events earlier this
A rancher’s son, Thompson has as even a temperament on the
year. The three-time Olympian Eller admits his focus hasn’t
skeet field as any competitor and it proved to be his saving
been the same since his gold-medal triumph and the results
grace when the pressure of the day was at its highest.
have shown with no World Cup medals compared to the eight
he earned during the 2004-2008 quad. He does own a World
Championships medal from 2011 and a newfound comfort
level with his replacement Beretta, compliments of his Olympic
gun never turning up during a trip to Chile.
Frank Thompson is a hard-working,
dedicated young athlete who carries
those attributes throughout the rest of
his life. Following his exciting Men’s
Skeet Olympic nomination in a
sweltering Tucson—Thompson outlasted
two other athletes in a full-round
shoot-off—he headed home to Alliance,
Neb., to help his family brand cows on
their ranch. Motivated by his family,
country and dreams of a gold medal,
he’ll join reigning Olympic Champion
Vincent Hancock at the Royal Artillery
Barracks in London.
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Kim Rhode
Women’s skeet | Women’s trap
Date of Birth: 07/16/1979
hometown: El Monte, Calif. birthplace: Whittier, Calif.
firearm: Perazzi
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Competition Highlights
Personal
Kim got her competitive start in American Skeet at the age of 10.
After winning the World Championship at age 13, she became captain
of the All-American Team. This opened the door to the Olympic style of
International Double Trap and International Skeet. She has captured
13 National Championship gold medals since making the National
Team in 1995. Kim’s career also includes 28 medals in international
competitions including four Olympic medals.
Taking time off after her success in the 2004 Olympic Games,
Rhode returned in 2006 with a new focus: the Women’s Skeet event.
Women’s Double Trap was removed from the Olympic Games following
the 2004 Games in Athens. Rhode successfully pocketed a silver
medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in Women’s Skeet. She is a member
of the Safari Club International and an honorary lifetime member
of the National Rifle Association.
Kim keeps busy with training, public speaking, shooting demonstrations, skiing and hunting, and is an avid
builder and restorer of antique and muscle cars. She
also collects 1800’s and 1900’s first edition children’s
books, her favorite being The Wizard of Oz series.
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– F our-time Olympic Medalist
(2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
– Looking to become 1st U.S. athlete to win 5 medals in 5 consecutive
Games in an individual sport
– 2008 Olympic silver medalist (skeet)
– 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist (Double Trap), 5th Place (Skeet)
– 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist (Double Trap)
– 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist (Double Trap)
– Three-time World Championship Medalist (2012, 2002, 1998)
– Four-time Pan American Games Medalist (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)
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Vincent Hancock
Men’s skeet
Date of Birth: 03/19/1989
hometown: Eatonton, Ga. birthplace: Port Charlotte, Fla.
firearm: Beretta
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Competition Highlights
– 2
008 Olympic Gold Medalist
(Set Olympic Record & Final Olympic Record)
– Two-time Pan American Games Gold Medalist (2011, 2007)
– 2010 & 2012 National Championship, Gold Medalist
– Two-time World Champion (2009, 2005)
– Nine-time World Cup Medalist
Personal
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Nine-time World Cup Medalist Sergeant Vincent Hancock
has been shooting since he was a very young child and
started competing when he was 11 years old. Hancock also
holds several national records in Men’s Skeet. In 2005, at
the young age of 16, Vincent won his first World Championship title in Men’s Skeet and went on to win the prestigious
International Shooting Sport Federation’s Shooter of the Year
award. He is currently a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) in Fort Benning, Ga. Married to Rebekah
and they have two daughters, Bailey and Brenlyn. Wants to
operate his own shooting academy after his competitive
career is complete.
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Frank Thompson
Men’s skeet
Date of Birth: 03/11/1988
hometown: Alliance, Neb. birthplace: Alliance, Neb.
firearm: Krieghoff
Competition Highlights
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2011 & 2012 National Championship Silver medalist
2009 National Championship Bronze medalist
2008 National Championship Silver medalist
2009 World Championship Gold Medalist (Team Skeet)
Personal
With a little help from his dad, Frank got his start in
shooting when he was 10 years old. Frank honed his
skills through the sporting clays programs and made
the National Development Team in 2006. Frank has
been a Resident Athlete at the Olympic Training Center
in Colorado Springs since 2006. Frank’s second cousin,
Patty Durkin, is a three-time medalist (two gold and one
bronze) in Paralympic Wheelchair Track, in Barcelona in
1992. In high school, Frank also played tennis and was
on the wrestling team. In his free time, Frank enjoys hunting, fishing, motor sports and working on the family ranch
in Nebraska where they have about 500 head of cattle.
After earning his spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team,
Frank celebrated by heading home to that ranch to help
brand cattle. Favorite quote: “With time and grass, a cow
makes milk.”
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Josh Richmond
Men’s Double trap
Date of Birth: 12/19/1985
hometown: Hillsgrove, Pa. birthplace: Sayre, Pa.
firearm: Perazzi
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Competition Highlights
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2012 National Championship Silver Medalist
2010 World Champion
2007 Pan American Games Champion
2005 Junior World Champion
Seven-time World Cup Medalist
Personal
Staff Sergeant Joshua Richmond’s father won him his first
shotgun at a trap competition when Josh’s mother was
pregnant with him. He fired his first shot out of a shotgun at the age of 5 and began shooting competitively
at the age of 11. Josh is currently a member of the
U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit at Ft. Benning, Ga.
and is taking online courses through Troy State University, studying general education. Josh is among
the leading Men’s Double Trap shooters in the world
and is a serious contender for the 2012 Olympic
podium. Josh was on his high school basketball team
and enjoys bass fishing, hunting, horseback riding and
anything in the outdoors. Recently purchased a big
truck that he loves to take 4-wheelin’ in the mud.
Married to wife Scharri and they have two sons, Triston and Beaux.
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Glenn Eller
Men’s double trap
Date of Birth: 01/06/1982
hometown: Katy, Texas
birthplace: Houston, Texas
firearm: Beretta
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Competition Highlights
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Three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008)
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
2004 Olympic Games, 17th Place
2000 Olympic Games, 12th Place
2011 Pan American Games Gold Medalist
Nine-time World Cup Medalist
Personal
In 1996, Glenn was the first American to win the
prestigious British Open Sporting Clay title. He
began shooting at 8 years old under the direction
of Jay Herbert. He has also trained with Olympian
Dan Carlisle. Glenn enjoys hunting, golf and was
also involved in track in high school. Sergeant
Glenn Eller is currently a member of the U.S.
Army Marksmanship Unit stationed in Fort
Benning, Ga.
Photo Tom Kimmell
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Corey Cogdell
women’s trap
Date of Birth: 09/02/1986
hometown: Eagle River, Alaska birthplace: Palmer, Alaska
firearm: Krieghoff
www.facebook.com/Corey@CoreyCogdell
Cogdell
Competition Highlights
– 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
– 2007 Pan American Games Bronze Medalist
– Three-time World Cup Medalist
Personal
Corey grew up hunting with her father. She began at 3 years old, which
fostered a love for shooting. A few years later, she joined the 4-H program and started to develop her trap shooting skills. The experience
pushed her to seek out teaching resources from others in the field.
Corey made the National Development Team in 2006 at Fall Selection when she placed first in the Junior Women’s Trap competition after
shooting for only a few years. That same day, she made the National
Team when her score also placed her third in the Women’s Trap competition.
In her first international competition, the 2007 Changwon World Cup, Cogdell
captured the bronze medal. Corey worked in a cooking school for two years
as an assistant chef. As part of her job, she traveled to Italy to study how to
prepare authentic Italian food. Corey also has a love of old cars, in particular
Jeeps and Mustangs. Corey is currently a Resident Athlete at the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Beyond the shooting range, she has a wide range of interests. Corey played
basketball in grade school and was a competitive skier as a teen. In her
free time, Corey enjoys riding motorcycles, rock climbing, hunting, fishing and
downhill skiing.
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