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At the [[New Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi he won a gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|full bore rifle open pairs]] with [[John Snowden (sport shooter)|John Snowden]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/131723/snowden-offers-thanks-brother-after-gold-medal |title=Commonwealth Games: shooter offers thanks to brother after gold medal |date=14 October 2010 |work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012145/http://www.odt.co.nz/131723/snowden-offers-thanks-brother-after-gold-medal |archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref> He also competed in the full bore rifle open singles, finishing fourth.<ref name="NZOC profile"/>
At the [[New Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi he won a gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|full bore rifle open pairs]] with [[John Snowden (sport shooter)|John Snowden]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/131723/snowden-offers-thanks-brother-after-gold-medal |title=Commonwealth Games: shooter offers thanks to brother after gold medal |date=14 October 2010 |work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012145/http://www.odt.co.nz/131723/snowden-offers-thanks-brother-after-gold-medal |archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref> He also competed in the full bore rifle open singles, finishing fourth.<ref name="NZOC profile"/>


Collings won the Ballinger Belt at the 1998 New Zealand rifle shooting championships. In 2009 he finished second and was top New Zealander.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt |title=New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners |publisher=National Rifle Association of New Zealand |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125012900/http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt |archive-date=25 January 2015 }}</ref> He is married to sport shooter [[Diane Collings]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/local-sport/796729/Collings-destined-to-be-on-target | title=Collings destined to be on target | date=15 January 2009 | work=Dominion Post | access-date=18 April 2014}}</ref>
Collings won the Ballinger Belt at the 1998 New Zealand rifle shooting championships. In 2009 he finished second and was top New Zealander.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt |title=New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners |publisher=National Rifle Association of New Zealand |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125012900/http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt |archive-date=25 January 2015 }}</ref> He won back-to-back Ballinger Belts in 2021 and 2022, becoming the first person in the history of the event, dating back to 1873, to sucessfully defend the trophy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/300496615/mike-collings-makes-history-with-backtoback-ballinger-belt-wins |title=Mike Collings makes history with back-to-back Ballinger Belt wins |date=15 January 2022 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>

Collings is married to fellow sport shooter [[Diane Collings]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/local-sport/796729/Collings-destined-to-be-on-target | title=Collings destined to be on target | date=15 January 2009 | work=Dominion Post | access-date=18 April 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 03:15, 15 January 2022

This article is about the New Zealand sport shooter. For other uses, see Michael Collings.
Mike Collings
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Men's shooting
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi Full bore rifle pairs

Mike Collings (born 29 September 1954)[1] is a sport shooter from New Zealand.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he was 21st in the full bore rifle open singles and seventh in the full bore rifle open pairs.[2]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he won a gold medal in the full bore rifle open pairs with John Snowden.[3] He also competed in the full bore rifle open singles, finishing fourth.[2]

Collings won the Ballinger Belt at the 1998 New Zealand rifle shooting championships. In 2009 he finished second and was top New Zealander.[4] He won back-to-back Ballinger Belts in 2021 and 2022, becoming the first person in the history of the event, dating back to 1873, to sucessfully defend the trophy.[5]

Collings is married to fellow sport shooter Diane Collings.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Mike Collings profile". Glasgow 2014. 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Mike Collings". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: shooter offers thanks to brother after gold medal". Otago Daily Times. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Mike Collings makes history with back-to-back Ballinger Belt wins". Stuff. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Collings destined to be on target". Dominion Post. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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