Alan Earle

{{Short description|New Zealand sport shooter}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Alan Earle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|09|01|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| sport = Shooting

| event = Pistol

| country = New Zealand

| coach = Greg Yelavich

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1998 Kuala Lumpur|25m rapid fire pistol pairs}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Delhi|25m rapid fire pistol pairs}}

}}

Alan Earle (born 1 September 1959) is a competitive pistol shooter from New Zealand.

At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won a silver medal in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol pairs event, partnering Jason Wakeling.{{Cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/alan-earle |title=Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website |access-date=29 August 2012 |archive-date=20 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220034459/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/alan-earle |url-status=live }}

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he won a silver medal in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol pairs event, partnering Greg Yelavich.

He also competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.