Matthew Emmons

Men's shooting
Olympic medal record
Gold	2004 Athens	50 m Rifle Prone

Matthew Emmons (born April 5, 1981) is an American sport shooter. He started out as a successful junior and is one of the holders of the Junior World Record in 50 m Rifle Three positions. The young shooter won both the 2002 ISSF World Cup Final and the 2004 ISSF World Cup Final in this event.

At the great championships however, his successes have come in another event: that of the Prone position. He won both the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships and the 2004 Summer Olympics in this event. In Athens, he was very close to making a historical double, but in the Three positions competition he accidentally cross-fired his last shot and finished eighth.

Emmons is a University of Alaska Fairbanks alumn, and is married to Czech sport shooter Kateřina Kůrková.^[1]

Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Three positions
Junior Men	Individual	1173	Bae Sung Duk (KOR) Matthew Emmons (USA)	April 6, 1990 June 3, 2001	Los Angeles (USA) Milan (ITA)	edit
Current world records held in 50 m Rifle Prone
Men	Qualification	600	Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS) Stevan Pletikosić (YUG) Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA) Christian Klees (GER) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Thomas Tamas (USA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Petr Litvinchuk (BLR) Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT) Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT) Christian Lusch (GER) Eric Uptagrafft (USA) Valerian Sauveplane (FRA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Matthew Emmons (USA) Guy Starik (ISR)	July 13, 1989 August 29, 1991 April 27, 1994 July 25, 1996 May 23, 1997 July 29, 1998 September 4, 1998 June 8, 2000 June 11, 2003 July 18, 2003 March 3, 2004 October 27, 2004 May 11, 2005 May 11, 2005 August 26, 2005 March 29, 2006 May 9, 2007 May 18, 2008	Zagreb (YUG) Munich (GER) Havana (CUB) Atlanta (USA) Munich (GER) Barcelona (ESP) Buenos Aires (ARG) Munich (GER) Munich (GER) Plzen (CZE) Sydney (AUS) Bangkok (THA) Fort Benning (USA) Fort Benning (USA) Munich (GER) Guangzhou (CHN) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER)	edit