Cameron Adam Snowden Pirouet (/ˈpɪrueɪ/, PI-roo-ay; born 27 November 1998)[2] is a Jersey born British sport shooter. He has represented Jersey at both the Island Games–at which he holds four games records–and the Commonwealth Games; his best result is a fourth-place finish in the Men's Smallbore Rifle event in 2018.
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 1998 Saint Helier, Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (5 ft 11+3⁄4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rifle shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Smallbore and air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jersey Rifle Association | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Richard Pirouet (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editEarly life and career
editBorn and raised in Jersey, Pirouet was educated at Victoria College.[3] He represented the school at the schools' championships at Bisley was a member of the British Cadet Rifle Team, more commonly known as the Athelings, for their tour to Canada in 2016.[4] He went on to read Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[1]
Pirouet first represented Great Britain in 2017, finishing third in the Junior Men's 50 m Rifle event at the European Shooting Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3] He is part of British Shooting's high-performance programme.[5]
Senior career
editIn 2018, Pirouet was selected to represent Jersey at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. He finished fourth in the Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions event; although failed to qualify for the finals of the Men's 50 m Rifle Prone and 10 m Air Rifle events, placing sixteenth and thirteenth respectively.[1]
In 2019, Pirouet represented Jersey at the 2019 Island Games held in Gibraltar. He competed in both Air Rifle and Smallbore events, winning five gold medals and breaking four games records.[6] For his performances in 2019, Pirouet was nominated for the Channel Islands Sports Personality of the Year award, the first shooter to be shortlisted since the award's inception in 2002.[5]
Statistics
editInternational competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Great Britain
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| 2017 | European Shooting Championships | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | Junior Men's 50 m Rifle Prone | 226.0[7] |
Representing  Jersey
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| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Queensland, Australia | 4th | Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions | 428.8[8] |
| 16th | Men's 50 m Rifle Prone | 605.8[9] | |||
| 13th | Men's 10 m Air Rifle | 608.9[10] | |||
| 2019 | Island Games | Gibraltar | 1st | Open 50 m Rifle 3-position | 443.1[11] GR |
| 1st | Pairs 50 m Rifle 3-position | 2219[12] GR | |||
| 1st | Men's 10 m Air Rifle | 247.9[13] GR | |||
| 1st | Mixed 10 m Air Rifle | 483.4[14] | |||
| 1st | Pairs 10 m Air Rifle | 1217.2[15] GR | |||
Personal life
editPirouet is right-handed and shoots using his right eye. His father, Richard, is also a sport shooter; he was British pistol champion in 1991 and represented Jersey in the pistol events at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.[1] In 2019, Pirouet was named as Jersey's Sports Person of the Year by the Jersey Sports Council, an honour previously bestowed upon his father Richard in 1991 following the latter's British pistol shooting triumph.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Cameron PIROUET". results.gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Athlete: Cameron Pirouet". issf-sports.org. ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Shooting: European bronze for Pirouet". Jersey Evening Post. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Shooting review, Summer term 2016". www.victoriacollege.je. Victoria College. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ a b "CI Sports Awards 2019: Cameron Pirouet". itv.com. ITV News. ITV. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Competitor details: Cameron Pirouet". training.islandgamesresults.com. Gibraltar 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Results: 50 m Prone Men Junior" (PDF). esc-shooting.org. European Championship Shooting. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Results - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Finals". results.gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Men's 50m Rifle Prone - Qualification results" (PDF). results.gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Results - 10m Air Rifle Men's Qualification". results.gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "ISSF 50m 3 Position Smallbore Rifle - Open". gibraltar2019results.com. Gibraltar 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "ISSF 50m 3 Position Smallbore Rifle - Pair". gibraltar2019results.com. Gibraltar 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "ISSF 10m Air Rifle - Men". gibraltar2019results.com. Gibraltar 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "ISSF 10m Air Rifle - Mixed". gibraltar2019results.com. Gibraltar 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "ISSF 10m Air Rifle - Pairs". gibraltar2019results.com. Gibraltar 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ Fox, Jason (5 April 2020). "Tokyo Olympics delay gives Pirouet renewed hope". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 16 May 2020.