Abbey Ling (née Burton; born 30 March 1987 in High Wycombe) is a British sports shooter from Nynehead, Somerset.[1] She married fellow Team GB sports shooter Edward Ling in 2014, and has two daughters with him.[2][3][4] She works as the head female coach at Ling Shooting School.[5] She represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] She is a five time world champion, World Cup, and Commonwealth medalist.
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| Birth name | Abbey Burton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 1987 (age 37) High Wycombe | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Medals
edit- Total of 6 individual medals at the World and European championships: 2 Bronze, 4 Silver.
- Total of 5 team medals at World, European and Commonwealth Championships: 1 Bronze, 2 Silver, 2 Gold.
- Beat the World Record of 75ex75 plus 22 single barrel final (total 97ex100)
- 4 times British Ladies champion - first woman to win three years in a row.[6]
References
edit- ^ "BBC Sport - Shooting - Somerset shooter Abbey Burton is aiming for gold". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Shotgun wedding arch for hotshot couple". This is The West Country. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ a b "SHOOTING: Lings 'overwhelmed' by England call for Commonwealth Games". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Congratulations to Abbey Burton and Ed Ling - CPSA". www.cpsa.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "The Team - Ling Shooting". Ling Shooting. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "British Shooting". britishshooting.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
External links
edit- Abbey Ling at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Abbey Ling at Team GB (archived)
- Abbey Ling at Team England
- Abbey Ling at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Abbey Burton at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2010)
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