Nigel Wallace
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Nigel Ian Wallace (born 5 June 1967) is a male British sport shooter.
Sport shooting career[edit]
Wallace was the first person as a junior to win the senior British air rifle championship and has held multiple English, British records and won many championships throughout his target shooting career
Wallace competed at three consecutive Commonwealth Games from 1994 until 2002, winning medals at each games.[2]
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 10 metres air rifle and a silver medal in the pairs with Chris Hector, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[3][4] Four years later he represented England in the same events but this time won a gold medal in the pairs with Hector, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][6] Finally at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, he won a bronze medal in the pairs, once again with Hector.[7]
Wallace also represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[8]
Personal life[edit]
He was a BT manager by trade.[1]
Retired from BT in 2018 and now is a award winning full time professional dog photographer covering Norfolk, Suffolk and the whole of East Anglia plus the UK.
He has been featured for his brilliant dog photography on numerous BBC and ITV programmes as well as multiple national magazines and newspaper articles and featured in the top selling American Magazine People.com
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Shooting: The gong trousers!". Essex County Standard.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - SHOOTING". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nigel Wallace Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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