Christopher John Watson (born 29 October 1978) is a British sports shooter. Shooting fullbore target rifle, he has competed for Great Britain in numerous GB Tours and Palma Matches. He has represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games. In 2023 he won the King's Prize at Bisley. He has a brother James Watson who is also capped for Great Britain.
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| Citizenship | United Kingdom | |||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1978 Northampton, UK | |||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting sport | |||||||||||
| Event | Fullbore target rifle | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Martin Watkins | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editWatson has toured with the Great Britain Fullbore Rifle Team to New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada, Trinidad, Barbados and the Channel Islands. Most recently he was selected as a reserve for the 2023 GB Tour to South Africa.[1][2]
Watson was selected to represent Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He finished 13th in the Queen's Prize Individual and 7th in the pairs alongside Gareth Morris.[3][4]
In 2018, he was again selected with Gareth Morris.[5] They won silver in the Queen's Prize Pairs.[6][7][8][9]
Having previously competed in 18 Queen's Finals,[2] Watson won the historic King's Prize at the 2023 NRA Imperial Meeting at Bisley. This was the first edition of the match since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, making it the first "King's Prize" since 1951.
References
edit- ^ Jeremy Langley (1 August 2022). "GB Rifle Team – South Africa 2023". nra.org.uk. National Rifle Association. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Meet the Team". gbrt.org.uk. GB Rifle Team. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Chris Watson profile". Glasgow 2014. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Shooting". results.glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Shooting | Athlete Profile: Chris WATSON". Gold Coast 2018. Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: David Luckman & Parag Patel win Queen's Prize". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Gold Coast 2018: Team Wales roll of honour at the Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Wales' Commonwealth Games heroes in stunning pictures from the Gold Coast". WalesOnline. Media Wales. 15 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Medallists of the Queen's Prize pairs shooting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2021.