SAMPSON Dane

Date of Birth: 20 Aug 1986

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.83/6'0''

Place of birth: SYDNEY, NSW

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : ADELAIDE, SA

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	10m Air Rifle Men	30
	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men	27
	10m Air Rifle Mixed Team AUS Australia 1	22

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	10m Air Rifle Men's Qualification	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification Stage 1	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 50m Range	50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	50m Rifle Prone
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	37	20	31
2012	London, GBR	42	37	48

World Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	10m Air Rifle Team X	50m Rifle Prone
2018	Changwon, KOR	16	8	47	4
2014	Granada, ESP	76	48	-	-

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	50m Rifle Prone
2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	3	-	8
2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1	1	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Air Rifle	50m Rifle 3 Positions	10m Air Rifle Team	50m Rifle Prone
2019	1 x 4th, 1 x 14th, 1 x 38th	1 x 10th, 1 x 12th, 1 x 28th	1 x 37th, 1 x 48th	-
2018	1 x 10th, 1 x 32nd, 1 x 38th	1 x 64th, 1 x 73rd	1 x 15th, 1 x 37th	-
2017	1 x 6th, 1 x 45th, 1 x 50th	1 x 22nd, 1 x 32nd, 1 x 38th	-	1 x 16th, 1 x 20th, 1 x 33rd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
4	2019	10m Air Rifle	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6	2017	10m Air Rifle	New Delhi, IND
10	2019	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Beijing, CHN
10	2018	10m Air Rifle	Guadalajara, MEX
12	2019	50m Rifle 3 Positions	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
14	2019	10m Air Rifle	Munich, GER
15	2018	10m Air Rifle Team	Guadalajara, MEX
16	2017	50m Rifle Prone	Munich, GER
20	2017	50m Rifle Prone	New Delhi, IND
22	2017	50m Rifle 3 Positions	New Delhi, IND

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Dano (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 09 Mar 2016)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Petr Kurka [national], CZE

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His father Rodney served as president of Target Rifle Australia [TRA] between 2014 and 2017, while his mother Robyn has represented Australia in rifle shooting. His aunt Anne Bugden represented Australia at the 1997 Oceania Championships in Adelaide, SA, Australia, and served as assistant coach of the Australian shooting Para sport team at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. (couriermail.com.au, 08 Apr 2018; sasi.sa.gov.au, May 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 08 Sep 2020)

2011 for Australia, World Cup in Munich, Germany (thewesterner.com.au, 16 Dec 2011)

He began shooting in 1998 before switching to air rifle at age 16. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 09 Mar 2016; sasi.sa.gov.au, May 2019)

His parents are both shooters and they encouraged him to take up the sport. His father built a shooting range at the family's 70 acre property in Coominya, QLD, Australia. "It's where I learned to shoot. I'd shoot until the sun went down." (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 09 Mar 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sasi.sa.gov.au, May 2019)

His father. (gc2018.com, 01 Jan 2018)

Coach Petr Kurka. (gc2018.com, 01 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"Live every day to better yourself." (ausshooting.org, 10 Apr 2012)

He was named 2018 High Performance Senior Male Athlete of the Year by Shooting Australia. (shootingaustralia.org, 01 Jan 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
He works as a furniture maker and restorer of antiques in Australia, and has also worked as a personal trainer. (Instagram profile, 13 Aug 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019; Shooting Australia Facebook page, 03 Apr 2018; sportstar.thehindu.com, 02 Nov 2017)

HOME GOLD
He won gold in the 10m air rifle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, which was held at his home shooting range. His father served as the chief range officer at the event, while his mother served as the results timing and scoring officer. "I pretty much grew up here [Belmont Shooting Complex]. My mum was shooting here when she was pregnant with me, basically, literally on this range. It's special, having it here. It was really cool because I'm competing and the voice telling us when we could start and stop was my dad. Having all these people there and being able to share this successful moment was quite special." (couriermail.com.au, 08 Apr 2018; sasi.sa.gov.au, May 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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