Bret Erickson
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Bret E.•Erickson |
| Used name | Bret•Erickson |
| Born | 26 September 1960 in Blair, Nebraska (USA) |
| Measurements | 188 cm / 95 kg |
| Affiliations | US Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Georgia (USA) |
| NOC |  United States |
Biography
Bret Erickson was a shotgun shooter who competed at four Olympic Games between 1992-2008, missing only the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He was on the US national team for 25 years and won six US titles. Erickson competed at the 1991, 1995, and 2007 Pan American Games, winning five medals, with a gold in 1995 team trap. He was the 1990 World Champion in double trap, and won four medals in all at the World Championships, including silvers in double trap in 1991 and in trap in 2001.
Erickson graduated from Midland Lutheran College in 1982 and then joined the US Army Marksmanship Unit in 1983, retiring from the Army in 2005. He later managed the Willawalla Creek Shooting Center in St. Jo, Texas, and served as the head coach for shotgun sports at Midland University (formely Midland Lutheran College). In 2010 he was named the USA Shooting national shotgun coach.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Summer Olympics | Shooting | USA |
Bret Erickson | |||
| Trap, Open (Olympic) | =16 | |||||
| 1996 Summer Olympics | Shooting | USA |
Bret Erickson | |||
| Trap, Men (Olympic) | =20 | |||||
| 2004 Summer Olympics | Shooting | USA |
Bret Erickson | |||
| Trap, Men (Olympic) | 13 | |||||
| Double Trap, Men (Olympic) | =13 | |||||
| 2008 Summer Olympics | Shooting | USA |
Bret Erickson | |||
| Trap, Men (Olympic) | 22 |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (1–4–0 1991 La Habana SHO silver: trap team; 1995 Mar del Plata SHO gold: trap team, silver: trap and double trap team; 2007 Rio de Janeiro SHO silver: trap)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Shooting Championships (2–5–4 1990 Moskva gold: double trap; 1991 Perth gold: trap team, silver: double trap and double trap team; 1993 Barcelona silver: double trap team; 1995 Lefkosia bronze: double trap team; 2001 Al-Qahira silver: trap and trap team; 2005 Lonato del Garda bronze: double trap team; 2006 Zagreb bronze: trap and trap team)