Michael Maskell (sport shooter)

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Michael Maskell
Personal information
Full nameMichael John Maskell
Nationality Barbados
Born (1966-11-24) 24 November 1966 (age 57)
Bridgetown, Barbados
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
EventSkeet (SK125)

Michael John Maskell (born November 24, 1966, in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian sport shooter.[1] Maskell represented Barbados in five editions of the Olympic Games -- 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2016 -- having narrowly missed reaching the final podium twice in men's skeet shooting at both the 1999 and 2011 Pan American Games.[2][3]

Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Maskell qualified for his fourth Barbadian team, as a 37-year-old, in men's skeet shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens by receiving a wild card place from ISSF through a re-allocation of unused quota.[2] Building his own milestone as a four-time Olympian, Maskell was appointed by the Barbados Olympic Association to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.[4] After finishing twenty-fifth in Barcelona (1992) for mixed skeet, forty-ninth in Atlanta (1996), and twenty-third in Sydney (2000), his highest ever placement, Maskell did not improve his standard in the same program, as he hit a total of 117 targets to share a thirty-first-place finish with Chile's Jorge Atalah and Germany's Axel Wegner.[5]

Olympic results[edit]

Olympic results
Event 1992 1996 2000 2004 2016
Skeet 25th
145[6]
49th
112[7]
23rd
119[8]
31st
117[5]
18th
118

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Maskell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Michael Maskell". ISSF. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ^ Toppin, Sherrylyn (13 October 2011). "No Olympic tickets at BOA". The Daily Nation (Barbados). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  4. ^ "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Shooting: Men's Skeet Qualification". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Shooting – Mixed Skeet" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 92. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Men's Skeet" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 217. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's Skeet" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 74. Retrieved 23 September 2013.