| Country: | USA |
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| Event: | Trap shooting |
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| Milestone: | Winner, single trap shooting, 2000 Sunshine Open |
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| Job: | Delivery Driver, Missoula, MT |
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Chuck Ondov
Chuck Ondov competed in his first shooting tournament only two years ago.
At the 1998 U.S. Fall Selection Match in Colorado Springs, CO, he placed in the top 20
of the men's shotgun, double trap event. He was co-champion in the single trap event
at the State Championships in Washington that same year. Most recently in 2000,
Ondov won the Sunshine Open in West Palm Beach, FL in single trap shooting.
Ondov, 44, remains ranked in the Top 30 of both the single trap and double trap
disciplines of Olympic Shotgun.
| In a word: | Character |
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| Childhood hero: | My dad, who taught me to love the outdoors |
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| Current hero: | Jim Clawson, my mentor in trap shooting |
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| Favorite food or drink: | My mom's pot roast, Diet Mountain Dew |
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| Guilty pleasure: | Potato chips |
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| Favorite sports moment: | I'm still waiting for it: When the Vikings beat the Packers in the Superbowl |
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| Favorite Olympic moment: | 1996 Olympic Games, when Josh Lakatos took silver and Lance Bade took bronze in trap shooting |
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| Exercise tip: | Stay with it! |
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| Cooling down strategy: | Go fishing |
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| Weekend getaway: | Missoula Trap and Skeet Club |
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| How to be a good sport: | Stay quiet, careful, and don't distract others |
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| How my sport is like my job: | Both require the best effort I can give |
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