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Emmons, Matt
- 2004 Olympic champion in 50m prone rifle
- 2002 World champion in prone rifle
- Won the team silver in three-position rifle and team bronze in air rifle at the 2002 World Championships
- Gold medalist at the 2002 World Cup Atlanta in 3x40
- 2002 NCAA smallbore champion – silver in air rifle and golds in prone and three-position
- Won two golds at the 2001 Junior Olympic Championships – three-position and air rifle
- First became interested in shooting competitively by FBI firearms instructor Paul Adamowski at the age of 14. Though Emmons already enjoyed shooting, Adamowski told him that college scholarships were available for the top competitors in the sport.
- Is a member of the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team which won the national championship from 1998-2002
- Is working toward a degree in accounting and is involved in the Great Alaskan Accounting People (GAAP) club
- Volunteers as a rifle coach for some of the local high schools in Fairbanks during the school year
- Loves to run, cross country ski (skating style), golf, play baseball, fish, cook and ride motocross
- Ran his first marathon in 2001
- Enjoys hunting white-tailed deer
- Once pitched a perfect game for his high school team in Pemberton, N.J.
- Father works at Fort Dix in New Jersey as a civilian in charge of maintenance on all ranges
“Other than school, shooting is my job. It’s a job that I love, but I am continuously building toward 2004 and the future. During school, I’m going almost non-stop from the time I wake up until I go to bed. Depending on my class schedule, I go to class for two to four hours a day, do homework, shoot for two to four hours, then usually spend one to two hours physically training. This really doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for socializing or doing things that normal college students do. Because of shooting, I have had to make many sacrifices. I played baseball for seven years and I had to give it up to concentrate on shooting. I don’t get to see my family very often because I’m at school, on a shooting trip or at my summer training venue. This is not to say that shooting is some sort of leech for me – I really love what I do!”
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Height: 5' 7
Born: 4/5/1981
Hometown: Browns Mills, N.J.
Resides: Fairbanks, Alaska
Sport: Shooting
Event: Rifle (three-position, prone, air rifle)
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