Benjamin Burge

Benjamin Burge (born 11 June 1980 in Albury, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter.[2] Since 2001, Burge had won a total of seven medals (five silver and two bronze) in both air and small-bore rifle at the Oceania Shooting Championships.[1] He also captured a bronze medal for the men's 50 m rifle three positions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, accumulating a score of 1,238.2 points.[3][4]

Benjamin Burge
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1980-06-11) 11 June 1980
Albury, New South Wales,
Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
ClubFrankston Peninsula Target
Rifle Club[1]
Coached byMiroslav Sipek[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne STR3X20 (pairs)
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne STR3X20

Burge represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events. In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Burge was able to hit a total of 576 points within six attempts, finishing forty-ninth in the qualifying rounds.[5] Few days later, he placed fortieth in the 50 m rifle prone, by two points ahead of Austria's Christian Planer, with a total score of 588 points.[6] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Burge was able to shoot 392 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 387 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,152 points, finishing again in fortieth place.[7][8]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Benjamin Burge". ISSF. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benjamin Burge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  3. "The right position for success". Melbourne 2006 Corporation. 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. "Commonwealth Games: After five gold Jung slips to bronze". The Star (Malaysia). 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  6. "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  7. "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  8. "Australian shooters Matthew Inabinet, Ben Burge out of the Games". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 17 August 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2013.


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