Canada's Pan-Am Games rifle medalists

Shooting has been part of the Pan-Am Games since the first one in Buenos Aires in 1951. It's also been an important event for shooters for many years -- especially now that they're the last chance for Canadian shooters to earn a quota sport for the Olympics.

Canada has never really been a dominant player in international shooting. While we've had a number of stand-out shooting athletes we're never really appeared consistently on podiums over the years.

That said, we've won a respectable number of rifle shooting medals at the Pan-Ams over the years. Go Canada!

Current events
The five rifle shooting competitions included in the present-day games are the Olympic events. I've included Wikipedia links for a description of each event.

Men's 50 metre Rifle, Prone
2007 - Gale Stewart, Bronze
1999 - Wayne Sorensen, Silver; Henry Gerow, Bronze
1995 - Michel Dion, Bronze
1987 - Patrick Vamplew, Gold; Jean-François Sénécal, Silver
1971 - Gil Boa, Silver; Alfons Mayer, Bronze
1967 - Alfons Mayer, Gold
1959 - Arthur Cook, Gold

Men's 50 metre Rifle, 3-Position
1991 - Mart Klepp, Bronze
1987 - Mart Klepp, Silver
1979 - Guy Lorion, Bronze
1967 - Gerry Ouellette, Silver
1959 - Gerry Ouellette, Silver

Men's 10 metre Air Rifle
1999 - Wayne Sorenson, Bronze
1995 - Jean-François Sénécal, Silver
1991 - Guy Lorion, Bronze
1987 - Guy Lorion, Gold
1983 - Guy Lorion, Bronze
1979 - Guy Lorion, Gold; Michell Kurt, Bronze

Women's 50 metre Rifle, 3-Position
1999 - Christina Ashcroft, Bronze
1995 - Sharon Bowes, Silver
1991 - Christina Ashcroft, Bronze
1983 - Christina Schulze, Bronze

Women's 10 metre Air Rifle
1999 - Sharon Bowes, Silver
1991 - Sharon Bowes, Bronze
1987 - Sharon Bowes, Gold

Discontinued events
A number of events have been discontinued over the years. Mostly team events, there were also 300 metre and high-power (long range) events in various games.

Men's 50 metre Rifle, 3-Position - Team
1987 - Canada, Silver
1983 - Canada, Bronze
1979 - Canada, Silver
1975 - Canada, Bronze
1967 - Canada, Silver
1963 - Canada, Silver
1959 - Canada, Bronze

Men's 50 metre Rifle, Prone - Team
1987 - Canada, Gold
1983 - Canada, Silver
1971 - Canada, Bronze
1967 - Canada, Silver
1959 - Canada, Bronze

Men's 10 metre Air Rifle - Team
1995 - Canada, Silver
1991 - Canada, Gold
1987 - Canada, Gold
1983 - Canada, Silver

Men's 50 metre Rifle, Kneeling
1991 - Mart Klepp, Silver
1959 - Gerry Ouellette, Bronze

Men's 50 metre Rifle, Standing
1959 - Gerry Ouellette, Bronze

Men's 50 metre Rifle, Kneeling - Team
1959 - Canada, Bronze

Men's 50 metre Rifle, Standing - Team
1959 - Canada, Bronze

Men's Free Rifle, 3-Position
1959 - Gerry Ouellette, Gold; Clark White, Bronze

Men's Free Rifle, 3-Position - Team
1959 - Canada, Gold

Men's 50 metre Running Target
1987 - Mark Badlington, Bronze

Men's 50 metre High Power Rifle, 3-Position
1963 - Clint Dahlstrom, Bronze

Men's 50 metre High Power Rifle, 3-Position - Team
1983 - Canada, Silver

Men's 50 metre High Power Rifle, Prone
1983 - Pat Vamplew, Bronze
1959 - Clark White, Bronze

Men's 50 metre High Power Rifle, Prone - Team
1983 - Canada, Silver

Women's 50 metre Rifle, Prone
1991 - Christina Ashcroft, Silver
1987 - Joeller Fefer, Bronze

Women's 50 metre Rifle, Prone - Team
1983 - Canada, Bronze

Women's 10 metre Air Rifle - Team
1991 - Canada, Silver
1983 - Canada, Silver

For a complete breakdown of Pan-Am Games shooting medals, check out HickokSports.com.