Russell Mark
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Representing  Australia
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| Men's shooting | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | Double trap |
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2000 Sydney | Double trap |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | Double trap |
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2010 Delhi | Double trap |
Russell Andrew Mark, OAM (born 25 February 1964 in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria) is a professional Australian Trap and Double Trap clay target shooter and shooting coach. He is also an Olympic Champion. He won the Olympic gold medal in Double Trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won a silver Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Mark is a dual World Individual Champion (1994,1997) and dual World Team Champion (1998 and 1999). He won Individual World Cup Gold Medals in Los Angeles, USA (1991), Lonato, Italy (1992), Munich, Germany( 1994), Lima, Peru (1999), Sydney, Australia (2000) and Perth, Australia (2003). At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne he won a gold medal in Men's Double Trap. In August 2007 in Munich, Germany the International Shooting Sports Federation inducted him into its Hall of Fame as the greatest Double Trap shooter of all time. This was an award he shared with fellow shotgun shooters Luciano Giovannetti (Trap Men (Italy)), Kimberly Rhode (Double Trap and Skeet Women (USA)) and Susan Nattrass (Trap Women (Canada)).
In March 2009, Mark was inducted into the Australian Clay Target Association's Hall of Fame as its youngest ever member. He has been associated with the world's leading firearm manufacturer, Beretta Italy, since 1986.
Mark was educated in Ballarat, Victoria at the Brown Hill Primary School (1969 - 1974) and Ballarat East High School (1975 - 1981). He completed a Diploma of Business Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1982 - 1985).
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