Craig Henwood

Craig Henwood
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1978-12-10) 10 December 1978 (age 45)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap, double trap
ClubMelbourne Gun Club[1]
Coached byJack Henwood[1]

Craig Henwood (born 10 December 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian sport shooter.[2] He won a gold medal for the men's trap shooting at the 2005 Oceanian Shooting Championships in Brisbane, accumulating a score of 143 clay pigeons.[1] Henwood is a member of the Melbourne Gun Club, and is coached and trained by his father Jack Henwood.[3]

Henwood represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's trap shooting, along with his teammate and five-time Olympian Michael Diamond. He scored a total of 109 clay pigeons in the preliminary rounds of the event, by one point ahead of Egypt's Adham Medhat, finishing only in thirty-first place.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Craig Henwood". ISSF. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Craig Henwood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. ^ Gannaway, Kath (25 March 2008). "Henwood has sights set on Olympics". Mountain Views Mail. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
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