Chris Hector

Christopher Hector (born 1968) is a British former sports shooter.

Chris Hector

Personal information
Born	(1968-12-24) 24 December 1968 (age 55)
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Medal record Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland air rifle pairs 1990 Auckland air rifle 1994 Victoria air rifle 1994 Victoria air rifle pair 1994 Victoria 50m rifle 3 pos 1998 Kuala Lumpur air rifle 1998 Kuala Lumpur air rifle pair 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50m rifle 3 pos 2002 Manchester 50m rifle 3 pos 2002 Manchester air rifle pair 2006 Melbourne 50m rifle prone 2006 Melbourne 50m rifle 3 pos

Sports shooting career

Hector has won twelve Commonwealth Games medals spanning five Games from 1990 until 2006.^[1]

The success began when he represented England and won two silver medals in the individual air rifle and air rifle pairs with Robert Smith, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.^[2] Four years later, at his second Games in Victoria, British Columbia, he won a medal of each colour; a gold in the air rifle, a silver in the air rifle pair with Nigel Wallace and a bronze medal in the 50 metres smallbore rifle 3 position pairs with Trevor Langridge.^[3] At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won three more medals; double gold in the air rifle events (the pair with Nigel Wallace) and a bronze in the rifle 3 position pairs with Kenneth Parr.

His fourth Games in 2002 in his home nation provided two medals, a silver in the rifle 3 position pair with Jason Burrage and a bronze with Keith Jackson in the air rifle pair. A remarkable Commonwealth Games career came to an end after the 2006 Games which saw him win his 11th and 12th medals, a gold in the 50 metres prone with Michael Babb^[4][5] and a bronze in the rifle 3 positions with Burrage.^[6]

References

1. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
3. "1994 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
4. Simon Hart (19 March 2006). "ROUND-UP: HECTOR AND BABB ARE GOLDEN SHOTS" (Print). Sunday Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. p. 5. ISSN 9976-1874. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
5. "Game in brief - Home fires burning". The Independent. 19 March 2006. p. 72. ISSN 1741-9743. Retrieved 28 December 2023. Chris Hector and Mike Babb took the first of England's five gold medals yesterday as they won the men's 50m prone pairs. In the women's equivalent, Scotland took gold through Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, who edged England's Sharon Lee and Helen Spittles.
6. "The man with the golden gun". Royston Crow.