Matthew Alexander Dryke (born August 21, 1958, in Port Angeles, Washington) is an American former sport shooter. He competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is a two-time world champion in skeet shooting, from 1983 and 1986, and earned a silver medal in 1987.[1]
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| Full name | Matthew Alexander Dryke | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 21, 1958 (age 65) Port Angeles, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dryke has been inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of fame.[2]
Accomplishments edit
1979 Pan American Games – silver – skeet
1979 Pan American Games – gold team – skeet- 1979 World Moving Target Championships – gold team – skeet (world record – team)
- 1981 Championships of the Americas – gold – skeet (world record)
- 1981 Championships of the Americas – gold team – skeet (world record – team)
- 1982 World Shooting Championships – gold team – skeet
- 1983 Pan American Games – gold – skeet (world record)
- 1983 World Moving Target Championships – gold – skeet
- 1983 World Moving Target Championships – gold team – skeet
- 1984 Olympic Games – gold – skeet[3]
- 1985 Championships of the Americas – gold – skeet
- 1986 World Shooting Championships – gold – skeet (world record)
- 1987 Pan American Games – gold – skeet
- 1987 World Clay Target Championships – silver – skeet
- 1988 Olympic Games – 24th – skeet[4]
- 1989 World Cup – Mexico City – gold – skeet
- 1989 World Cup – Osijek – gold – skeet
1989 World Cup – Suhl – bronze – skeet- 1992 World Cup – Los Angeles – gold – skeet
- 1992 Olympic Games – 6th – skeet[5]
References edit
- ^ "Shooting: World Championships: Men: Skeet". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Matt Dryke". usashooting.org. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "Shooting at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Mixed skeet". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Mixed skeet". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ "Shooting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Mixed skeet". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
External links edit
- Matthew Dryke at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Matthew Dryke at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 18, 2007)
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