Mick Gault

Mick Gault
OBE

Mick Gault (2nd from left) with his bronze medal from the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Full name	Michael Gault
Born	(1954-05-02) 2 May 1954 (age 62) Sheffield, England
Residence	Dereham, Norfolk
Sport
Country	England
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	Pistol
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 50 m free pistol 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50 m free pistol 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50 m free pistol pairs 1998 Kuala Lumpur 10 m air pistol 1998 Kuala Lumpur 10 m air pistol pairs 2002 Manchester 50 m free pistol 2002 Manchester 10 m air pistol 2002 Manchester 10 m air pistol pairs 2006 Melbourne 25 m standard pistol 1994 Victoria 25 m centre-fire pistol 2006 Melbourne 50 m free pistol 2006 Melbourne 10 m air pistol pairs 2010 Delhi 10 m air pistol pairs 1994 Victoria 50 m free pistol pairs 2002 Manchester 25 m standard pistol 2006 Melbourne 50 m free pistol pairs 2010 Delhi 25 m air pistol pairs 2014 Glasgow 10 m air pistol

Michael "Mick" Gault OBE (born 2 May 1954), is an English sport shooter. He has competed at the Commonwealth Games on six occasions winning eighteen medals, a record for athletes in any sport that he jointly holds with Australian shooter Phillip Adams, but has never been selected for the British Olympic team.

Gault was born in Sheffield and raised in Carlisle, Cumbria. He moved to Norfolk to work for the Royal Air Force as a radar engineer at RAF Marham. He is married to Janet and has two daughters and four grandchildren.

Gault first competed at the Commonwealth Games during the 1994 event held in Victoria, Canada, representing England. He won three medals; gold in the men's free pistol with a score of 654.1; silver in the men's centre fire pistol, with a score of 581; and bronze in the men's pairs free pistol, where he and partner Paul Leatherdale scored a combined 1082.

At the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Gault won four gold medals. He won the individual men's 50 metre free pistol and 10 metre air pistol events and partnered Nick Baxter to win the pairs competitions in the same two events. He is one of only four English athletes to have won four gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.

In 2002 Gault competed at the Manchester Games in his home country. He won three gold medals, successfully defending his titles in the individual 50 metre free pistol, individual 10 metre air pistol and pairs 10 metre air pistol with Nick Baxter, as well as a bronze medal in the men's individual 25 metre standard pistol.