Benjamin Burge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Benjamin Burge

Olympic rifle shooter

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1980

Place of Birth: Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: sport shooter

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Benjamin Burge

  • Benjamin Burge (born 11 June 1980 in Albury, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter.
  • 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.
  • 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.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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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