Abbey Burton

Abbey Burton also known as Abbey Ling is a five times world champion, World cup, and commonwealth medalist British sports shooter from Nynehead, Somerset.[1] She married fellow Team GB sports shooter Edward Ling in 2014, and has a daughter with him.[2][3][4] She works as the head female coach at Ling Shooting School.[5] She controversially missed out on being selected for the 2012 Team GB Olympic squad, with a rival ranked 10 places below her being selected instead.[6][7] She alongside her husband will represent England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3]

Medals

  • 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 lady to win three years in a row.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Sport - Shooting - Somerset shooter Abbey Burton is aiming for gold". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Shotgun wedding arch for hotshot couple". This is The West Country. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "SHOOTING: Lings 'overwhelmed' by England call for Commonwealth Games". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Congratulations to Abbey Burton and Ed Ling - CPSA". www.cpsa.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Team - Ling Shooting". Ling Shooting. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Burton fires off appeal after omission from GB Shooting squad". Mail Online. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "'I don't know what came over me!' TeamGB sharp shooter's wife meltdown". Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "British Shooting". britishshooting.org.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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