Frank Thompson
Shotgun National Team
2012 U.S. Olympic Team Hopeful
 
Date of Birth: 3/11/1988
Birthplace: Alliance, Neb.
Hometown: Alliance, Neb.
Event(s): Skeet
 
  • 2009 World Championship Team Gold Medalist, set new world record
  • 2009 Shotgun National Championships, 3rd place
  • 2008 Olympic Trials, 6th place
  • 2008 World Cup USA, 6th place
  • 2008 Junior National Champion
  • 2008 National Junior Olympic Champion
  • 2008 National Championships, 2nd place
  • 2007 National Junior Olympic Gold Medalist
  • 2007 Fall Selection, 5th Overall
  • 2007 National Championships Junior Bronze Medalist
  • 2007 Korea World Cup team member
 

Frank got his start in shooting when he was ten years old, with a little help from his dad. Frank honed his skills through the Sporting Clays programs and made the USA Shooting National Development Team in 2006. Frank has been a resident athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs since 2006. He attends the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, majoring in Business and will graduate in 2011.

 

Frank’s second cousin, Patty Durkin, is a three-time medalist (two gold and one bronze) in Paralympic Wheelchair Track, in Barcelona in 1992. In high school, Frank also played tennis and was on the wrestling team. In his free time, Frank enjoys hunting, fishing, motor sports and working on the family ranch in Nebraska.


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