Olympians

Jon Hammond – Olympian and West Virginia University Rifle Coach (Part 2 of 3)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

In the specialty of rifle shooting there are different categories. Which type of rifle did you shoot in the Olympics? I actually did all three of the rifle events. Which are what? The air rifle match and then there are two matches in small bore. One is the prone match and then the other is […]

Jon Hammond – Olympian and West Virginia University Rifle Coach (Part 1 of 3)

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Jon Hammond competed in the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympics as a member of the British Olympic team. He is also in his third year of coaching the West Virginia University Mountaineer Rifle team. We recently met with him to discuss his experiences. Where are you from? Aberdeen, Scotland. Where did you go to college and […]