Benjamin Burge

{{Short description|Australian sport shooter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}

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| birth_place = Albury, New South Wales,
Australia

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| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)

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| club = Frankston Peninsula Target
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| coach = Miroslav Sipek

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{{MedalSport | Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne | STR3X20 (pairs) }}

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Benjamin Burge (born 11 June 1980 in Albury, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Benjamin Burge|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/benjamin-burge-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/benjamin-burge-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 29 December 2013}} Since 2001, Burge had won a total of seven medals (five silver and two bronze) in both air and small-bore rifle at the Oceania Shooting Championships.{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Benjamin Burge|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHAUSM1106198001|publisher=ISSF|access-date=29 January 2013}} He also captured a bronze medal for the men's 50 m rifle three positions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, accumulating a score of 1,238.2 points.{{cite news|title=The right position for success|url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Sports+and+Venues/Shooting/News/20060324+right+Postion+for+success.htm|publisher=Melbourne 2006 Corporation|date=24 March 2006|access-date=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425210537/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Sports+and+Venues/Shooting/News/20060324+right+Postion+for+success.htm|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Commonwealth Games: After five gold Jung slips to bronze |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/3/24/apworld/20060324145943&sec=apworld |work=The Star (Malaysia) |date=24 March 2006 |access-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427231941/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2006%2F3%2F24%2Fapworld%2F20060324145943&sec=apworld |archive-date=27 April 2006 }}

Burge represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events. In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Burge was able to hit a total of 576 points within six attempts, finishing forty-ninth in the qualifying rounds.{{cite web|title=Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM101901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053954/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM101901/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2012 }} Few days later, he placed fortieth in the 50 m rifle prone, by two points ahead of Austria's Christian Planer, with a total score of 588 points.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM103901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816052443/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM103901/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2012 }} In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Burge was able to shoot 392 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 387 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,152 points, finishing again in fortieth place.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM104901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816052404/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM104901/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2012 }}{{cite news|title=Australian shooters Matthew Inabinet, Ben Burge out of the Games|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/australian-shooters-matthew-inabinet-ben-burge-out-of-the-games/story-e6freys9-1111117217775|publisher=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|date=17 August 2008|access-date=29 January 2013}}