Aaron Heading

{{short description|British sport shooter}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Aaron Heading

| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s Shooting Single Trap) Heading Aaron of England (Gold), Miachel Diamond of Australia (Silver) and Manavjit Singh Sandhu of India (Bronze), during the medal presentation ceremony.jpg

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| caption = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi: (Men’s Shooting Single Trap) Heading Aaron of England (Gold), Miachel Diamond of Australia (Silver) and Manavjit Singh Sandhu of India (Bronze), during the medal presentation ceremony, at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, in New Delhi on October 10, 2010.

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| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = King's Lynn, England

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| height = 5 ft 7 in

| weight = 90 kg

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| country = Great Britain / England

| sport = Shooting

| event = Trap shooting

| club = East Yorkshire Gun Club

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Osijek|Trap team}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Belgrade|Trap team}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Changwon|Mixed team trap}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Lonato del Garda|Trap team}}

{{MedalComp|European Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Minsk|Trap}}

{{MedalComp|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Osijek|Trap team}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lonato del Garda|Trap}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Lonato|Trap team}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Larnaca|Trap team}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}

{{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|Trap}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Trap}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|Trap}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Delhi|Trap pairs}}

{{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Brisbane|Trap}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Delhi|Trap}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Delhi|Trap badge}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Delhi|Trap pairs}}

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Aaron Heading (born 21 May 1987) is a clay-pigeon shooter,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/09/28/manual_172154.html |title=Team England for Commonwealth Games in Delhi (October 3–14) |publisher=www.sportinglife.com |access-date=13 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025092904/http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others%2F10%2F09%2F28%2Fmanual_172154.html |archivedate=25 October 2011 }} specialising in the Trap discipline. He represents England and Great Britain.

In 2010 Heading earned selection for the England shooting team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi from 3–14 October 2010. He won Bronze when competing in the men's trap pairs, with partner David Kirk, and Gold in the singles event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8053814/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Aaron-Heading-takes-gold-for-England-in-mens-single-trap.html|title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Aaron Heading takes gold for England in men’s single trap|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 October 2010}}

In 2014 he was selected for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he won the Silver meal in Men's Trap.{{cite news |title=Glasgow 2014: Aaron Heading wins silver in men's Trap |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/commonwealth-games/28554228 |access-date=17 November 2023 |work=BBC Sport |date=29 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525043447/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/commonwealth-games/28554228 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |language=en-gb}}

He qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Matthew Coward-Holley leads British shooting team for Tokyo 2020|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/shooting-matt-coward-holley-seonaid-mcintosh-british-team-tokyo-2020/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Olympic Channel}} He finished 23rd.

At the 2022 World Championships he won in the Trap Team event with Matthew Coward-Holley and Nathan Hales.{{cite news |title=World Champions In Men's Team Trap |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2798 |access-date=17 November 2023 |publisher=British Shooting |date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117150436/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2798 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |language=en-gb}}