Joshua Richmond

Joshua Richmond (born December 19, 1985)[1] is an American male sport shooter who was, at one time, the world's top ranked double trap shooter.[2] He won the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 2010 and 2014, and also has 12 ISSF World Cup medals in the sport. He was favored to win the men's double trap shooting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[3] but placed 16th.

Joshua Richmond
Richmond at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1985-12-19) December 19, 1985
Sayre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportTrap shooting
Event(s)Double trap
ClubU.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Georgia

Richmond was born in Sayre, Pennsylvania to Michael and Sandra Richmond. He attended Sullivan County High School and Troy State University and resides in Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania. He has a brother, Justin, wife Scharri, and two sons, Tristan and Beaux. In 2011 he was deployed to Afghanistan and earned the Army Commendation Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, U.S. International Distinguished Badge and the Grenade Marksmanship Badge.[4]

With the removal of double trap from the Olympics, Josh has transitioned into shooting international trap.

Performance History

Double Trap [5]

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Olympic Games Not held Not held 16th
131
Not held 7th
135
World Championships Gold
132 (J)
6th
141+44
Bronze
143+46
5th
143+40
Gold
146+50
19th
143
Gold
143(30)+30
Pan American Games / CAT Gold
136+47
Gold
138+47
6th
143(25)
World Cup 1 27th
124
4th
140+46
6th
139+42
Gold
144+48
Bronze
143+46
Bronze
143+40
Silver
138(29)+27
9th
135
World Cup 2 8th
135
14th
134
Gold
145+43
Silver
140+46
Silver
138(28)+28
7th
136
World Cup 3 Gold
142+49
5th
141+47
4th
143+45
Gold
144+49
30th
122
29th
137
Gold
140(28)+29
World Cup 4 4th
140+46
Bronze
142+48
12th
141
4th
145+47
Not held 10th
136
World Cup Final 9th
137
10th
138
Gold
145+47
4th
140(29)+27
4th
143(29)+26

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joshua Richmond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  2. "Double Trap Shooters Glenn Eller & Josh Richmond Aim for More Olympic Hardware". Ammoland.com. August 1, 2012.
  3. Quinn, Sam H. (August 1, 2012). "Olympic Medal Count 2012: How Team USA Will Reclaim the Lead". BleacherReport.com.
  4. "Joshua Richmond profile". TeamUSA.org. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  5. "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2018-04-05.


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