Bernard Yeoh

Bernard Yeoh
Personal information
Full name Bernard Yeoh Cheng Han
Nationality  Malaysia
Born (1969-04-11) 11 April 1969
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap (TR125)
Club A1 Shooting Ground[1]
Coached by Claudio Capaldo[1]

Bernard Yeoh Cheng Han (born April 11, 1969 in Kuala Lumpur) is a Malaysian sport shooter.[2] He was selected to compete for Malaysia in trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in thirty-fourth place. Yeoh is a member of the A1 Shooting Ground in Barnet, England, United Kingdom, where he trains full-time under Italian-born coach Claudio Capaldo.[1]

Yeoh qualified for the Malaysian squad, as a 35-year-old, in the men's trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens after having accepted a wildcard entry invitation from the International Shooting Sport Federation.[1][3] He fired 107 out of 125 targets to finish thirty-fourth in the qualifying phase, failing to advance to the final.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ISSF Profile – Bernard Yeoh". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. "Bernard Yeoh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. "Shooting: Men's Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. "Penembak negara tercorot" [Country's shooter fell short] (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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