{{short description|British sports shooter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Abbey Ling | birth_name = Abbey Burton | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|30 March 1987}} | birth_place = High Wycombe | height = 174 cm | spouse = {{marriage|Edward Ling|2014}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Delhi|Trap pairs}} }}
'''Abbey Ling''' ({{nee}} '''Burton'''; born 30 March 1987 in High Wycombe) is a British sports shooter from Nynehead, Somerset.<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Sport - Shooting - Somerset shooter Abbey Burton is aiming for gold |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/shooting/8889921.stm |access-date=3 September 2017 |work=news.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> She married fellow Team GB sports shooter Edward Ling in 2014, and has two daughters with him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shotgun wedding arch for hotshot couple |url=http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/11510706.Shotgun_wedding_arch_for_hotshot_couple/ |website=This is The West Country |accessdate=3 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="somersetcountygazette.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/sport/15805195.SHOOTING__Lings__overwhelmed__by_England_call_for_Commonwealth_Games/ |title=SHOOTING: Lings 'overwhelmed' by England call for Commonwealth Games |website=Somerset County Gazette |accessdate=5 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Congratulations to Abbey Burton and Ed Ling - CPSA |url=https://www.cpsa.co.uk/news/general/2014/09/23/congratulations-to-abbey-burton-and-ed-ling |website=www.cpsa.co.uk |accessdate=3 September 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121213/https://www.cpsa.co.uk/news/general/2014/09/23/congratulations-to-abbey-burton-and-ed-ling |archive-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She works as the head female coach at Ling Shooting School.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Team - Ling Shooting |url=http://www.lingshooting.co.uk/the-team/ |website=Ling Shooting |accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref> She represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="somersetcountygazette.co.uk"/> She is a five time World Champion, World Cup, and Commonwealth medalist.
==Medals==
* Total of 6 individual medals at the World and European championships: 2 Bronze, 4 Silver. * Total of 5 team medals at World, European and Commonwealth Championships: 1 Bronze, 2 Silver, 2 Gold. * Beat the World Record of 75ex75 plus 22 single barrel final (total 97ex100) * 4 times British Ladies champion - first woman to win three years in a row.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Shooting |url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/world-class/name=Abbey_Ling&d=31 |website=britishshooting.org.uk |accessdate=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903120647/http://britishshooting.org.uk/world-class/name%3DAbbey_Ling%26d%3D31 |archive-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{ISSF|SHGBRW3003198701|Abbey Ling}} * {{Team GB|abbey-ling|Abbey Ling|archive=20200212043702}} * {{Team England|abbey-ling|Abbey Ling}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|shooting/athlete-profile-n6035061-abbey-ling|Abbey Ling}} * {{CGF profile|57784|Abbey Burton}} (2010)
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