Shimp PeterDepending on the type of weapon, distance to the target and the format of the competition, there are the following types of sport shooting
Category: Main concepts
Shooting sports is considered one of the oldest applied sports. It dates back to the days of bows and crossbows.
Women in Olympic shooting
Margaret Thompson Murdoch’s silver victory at the 1976 Games in three positions made her the first ever shooter to win an Olympic medal.
The history of Olympic shooting
In 1896, the French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin organized the first modern nine-sport Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
History of shooting sports
Formal archery, arrow and javelin shooting was originally used as military training, but Homer’s Iliad indicates that the Greeks also held archery competitions