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| Full name | Ian Roy Ballinger | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1925-10-21)21 October 1925 New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 December 2008(2008-12-24) (aged 83) Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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Ian Roy Ballinger (21 October 1925 – 24 December 2008) was a New Zealand shooter who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1] Ballinger competed at three consecutive Olympic Games (1968, 1972 and 1976) and two Commonwealth Games (1974 and 1978) in the 50m Rifle - prone event.[2]
He was awarded the Lonsdale Cup by the New Zealand Olympic Committee in 1968, and the following year he won the Ballinger Belt (named for his great uncle, turn-of-the-century shooting champion Arthur Ballinger) at the New Zealand rifle shooting championships.[3]
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