# Chris Hector

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{{Short description|British sports shooter (born 1968)}}
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| name           = Chris Hector
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1968|12|24|df=yes}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1990 Auckland](/source/1990_Commonwealth_Games) | [air rifle pairs](/source/Shooting_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1990 Auckland](/source/1990_Commonwealth_Games) | [air rifle](/source/Shooting_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [1994 Victoria](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games) | [air rifle](/source/Shooting_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1994 Victoria](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games) | [air rifle pair](/source/Shooting_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1994 Victoria](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games) | [50m rifle 3 pos](/source/Shooting_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [1998 Kuala Lumpur](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) | [air rifle](/source/Shooting_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [1998 Kuala Lumpur](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) | [air rifle pair](/source/Shooting_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1998 Kuala Lumpur](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) | [50m rifle 3 pos](/source/Shooting_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) | [50m rifle 3 pos](/source/Shooting_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) | [air rifle pair](/source/Shooting_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [2006 Melbourne](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games) | [50m rifle prone](/source/Shooting_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [2006 Melbourne](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games) | [50m rifle 3 pos](/source/Shooting_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)}}
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'''Christopher Hector''' (born 1968) is a British former [sports shooter](/source/Shooting_sport).

==Sports shooting career==
Hector has won twelve [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games) medals spanning five Games from 1990 until 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/50837|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

The success began when he represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games) and won two [silver medal](/source/silver_medal)s in the individual air rifle and air rifle pairs with [Robert Smith](/source/Robert_Smith_(sport_shooter)), at the [1990 Commonwealth Games](/source/1990_Commonwealth_Games) in [Auckland](/source/Auckland), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref> Four years later, at his second Games in [Victoria, British Columbia](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia), he won a medal of each colour; a [gold](/source/gold_medal) in the air rifle, a silver in the air rifle pair with [Nigel Wallace](/source/Nigel_Wallace) and a [bronze medal](/source/bronze_medal) in the 50 metres smallbore rifle 3 position pairs with [Trevor Langridge](/source/Trevor_Langridge).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=1994 Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=15 September 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) he won three more medals; double gold in the air rifle events (the pair with Nigel Wallace) and a bronze in the rifle 3 position pairs with [Kenneth Parr](/source/Kenneth_Parr).

His fourth Games in 2002 in his home nation provided two medals, a silver in the rifle 3 position pair with [Jason Burrage](/source/Jason_Burrage) and a bronze with Nigel Wallace in the air rifle pair. A remarkable Commonwealth Games career came to an end after the 2006 Games which saw him win his 11th and 12th medals, a gold in the 50 metres prone with [Michael Babb](/source/Michael_Babb)<ref>{{cite news |author1=Simon Hart |title=ROUND-UP: HECTOR AND BABB ARE GOLDEN SHOTS |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/753319577 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=[Sunday Telegraph](/source/Sunday_Telegraph) |date=19 March 2006 |page=5 |publisher=[Telegraph Media Group](/source/Telegraph_Media_Group) |language=en-gb |format=Print |issn=9976-1874}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Game in brief - Home fires burning |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/722983967 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent) |date=19 March 2006 |page=72 |language=en-gb |issn=1741-9743 |quote=Chris Hector and Mike Babb took the first of England's five gold medals yesterday as they won the men's 50m prone pairs. In the women's equivalent, Scotland took gold through Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, who edged England's Sharon Lee and Helen Spittles.}}</ref> and a bronze in the rifle 3 positions with Burrage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/the-man-with-the-golden-gun-1-264333|title=The man with the golden gun|website=Royston Crow}}</ref>

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Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:British male sport shooters
Category:Shooters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Shooters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Shooters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Shooters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in shooting
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in shooting
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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