Abbey Ling
Personal information
Birth nameAbbey Burton
Born30 March 1987 (1987-03-30) (age 36)
High Wycombe
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2014)​
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2010 DelhiTrap pairs

Abbey Ling (née Burton; born 30 March 1987 in High Wycombe) is a British sports shooter from Nynehead, Somerset.[1] She married fellow Team GB sports shooter Edward Ling in 2014, and has two daughters with him.[2][3][4] She works as the head female coach at Ling Shooting School.[5] She represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] She is a five time world champion, World Cup, and commonwealth medalist.

Medals

  • Total of 6 individual medals at the World and European championships: 2 Bronze, 4 Silver.
  • Total of 5 team medals at World, European and Commonwealth Championships: 1 Bronze, 2 Silver, 2 Gold.
  • Beat the World Record of 75ex75 plus 22 single barrel final (total 97ex100)
  • 4 times British Ladies champion - first woman to win three years in a row.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Sport - Shooting - Somerset shooter Abbey Burton is aiming for gold". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Shotgun wedding arch for hotshot couple". This is The West Country. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "SHOOTING: Lings 'overwhelmed' by England call for Commonwealth Games". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Congratulations to Abbey Burton and Ed Ling - CPSA". www.cpsa.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Team - Ling Shooting". Ling Shooting. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "British Shooting". britishshooting.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.


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