Welsh sports shooter (born 1994)
Ben Llewellin
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Nationality | British / Welsh |
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Born | (1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 (age 30) |
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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]
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