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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