James Paton
Medal record
Shooting
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1998 Kuala LumpurQueen's Prize individual
Silver medal – second place1998 Kuala LumpurQueen's Prize pairs
Silver medal – second place2014 GlasgowQueen's Prize individual
Silver medal – second place2014 GlasgowQueen's Prize pairs

James Paton (born 24 May 1957 in Newcastle[1]) is a sport shooter from Canada.

He won the gold medal in the fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open individual event and the silver in the fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open pairs event (with Alain Marion) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur,[2] and silver medals in the Queen's Prize fullbore rifle events (individual, and pairs with Desmond Vamplew) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[3]

In 2005, he won the Queen's Prize at the NRA Imperial Meeting at Bisley, setting a record score of 300.40v.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Glasgow 2014 profile
  2. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medal Winners". Canoe.ca. Canoe.ca. 21 September 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Hossain, Asif (26 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: Bezzoubenko bags golden hat-trick". Olympi.ca. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "NRA 136th Imperial Meeting H.M. Queen's Prize, Stage III" (PDF). nra.org.uk. National Rifle Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2023.


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