Phillip Adams (sport shooter)

Phillip Maxwell Adams (born 29 July 1945) is an Australian sport shooter.[1] Adams has competed at four consecutive Olympic Games, between 1984 and 1996, and six consecutive Commonwealth Games between 1982 and 2002. He shares the record for the most medals won in Commonwealth Games with a total of eighteen medals (seven golds, nine silver, and two bronze) with English shooter Mick Gault.[2] He has competed in the air, free, centre-fire and standard pistol, winning the Oceanian Championships in all four events.[3] In 1992 he won the 10m air pistol event at the Benito Juarez World Cup championships in Mexico City.[4]

Phillip Adams

Personal information
Full name	Phillip Maxwell Adams
Born	(1945-07-29) 29 July 1945 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10m air pistol, 50m pistol, 25m center-fire pistol, 25m standard pistol
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Free Pistol – Pairs 1982 Brisbane Air Pistol – Pairs 1986 Edinburgh Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs 1990 Auckland Free Pistol 1990 Auckland Free Pistol – Pairs 1990 Auckland Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs 1994 Victoria Free Pistol – Pairs 1982 Brisbane Air Pistol 1986 Edinburgh Free Pistol 1986 Edinburgh Centre-Fire Pistol 1986 Edinburgh Air Pistol – Pairs 1990 Auckland Air Pistol 1990 Auckland Air Pistol – Pairs 1994 Victoria Free Pistol 1994 Victoria Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs 2002 Manchester Standard Pistol – Pairs 1982 Brisbane Free Pistol 1986 Edinburgh Free Pistol – Pairs

In 1991, after winning his sixth gold medal at Commonwealth Games, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to the sport of pistol shooting.[5] He has also been inducted into the New South Wales Hall of Champions.[6]

Compared to his outstanding results at the Commonwealth Games, his performances at the Olympic Games are less impressive, having failed to reach the final round in any of the seven events he has entered. His best result was equal 15th in the Men's 10 metre air pistol at Seoul in 1988.[1]

Prior to the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Adams returned a positive drug test to the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, which he was taking under medical advice to treat high blood pressure. After initially being found guilty, but given no suspension as it was not considered to be performance enhancing in shooting,[7] the decision was later overturned and he was banned for two years.[8]

He lives in Forbes, New South Wales, where he first learned to shoot to keep vermin from his farm.[9][10]