Ben Llewellin
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| Nationality | British / Welsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben William David Llewellin (born 11 July 1994)[1] is a Welsh sports shooter, who won a silver medal for Wales in the Men's skeet at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
He was born in Haverfordwest, the son of rally driver David Llewellin.[2] In 2016 he won a silver medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Finals in Cyprus, followed in 2017 by another at New Delhi, where he and Riccardo Filippelli of Italy both fired a world record score.[3] Later in the year he won a gold medal in the Skeet event at the Oceania and Commonwealth Shooting Federations' Championships in Australia.[4]
He won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing second to former world champion Georgios Achilleos of Cyprus, with a score of 56 out of 60 targets.[5]
In September 2023 with Amber Rutter, he won the Mixed team skeet event at the European Shotgun Championships in Osijek.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ben Llewellin". British Shooting. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Shooting star Ben Llewellin looking to emulate father David". BBC Sport. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Llewellin matches skeet world record with stunning World Cup silver". Team GB. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Gordon Thomas (2 November 2017). "Brilliant hot shot Ben Llewellin clinches men's skeet gold in Australia". South Wales Argus. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Wales' Ben Llewellin claims skeet shooting silver medal". BBC Sport. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Amber Rutter and Ben Llewellin Are European Champions!!". British Shooting. 12 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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- 1994 births
- Sportspeople from Haverfordwest
- Skeet shooters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
- Living people
- Shooters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 2019 European Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 2023 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- European Games medalists in shooting
- British male sport shooters
- 21st-century British sportsmen