Brian Beaman
{{short description|American sport shooter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_place = Mobridge, South Dakota, U.S.
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| hometown = Selby, South Dakota, U.S.
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| sport = Shooting
| event = 10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
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Brian Beaman (born May 16, 1984 in Mobridge, South Dakota) is an American sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Brian Beaman|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/brian-beaman-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/brian-beaman-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 18, 2020|access-date = January 6, 2013}} In 2011, Beaman had won a bronze medal for the men's 10 m air pistol at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia, with a score of 686.6 points.{{cite web |title=ISSF Profile – Brian Beaman |url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHUSAM1605198401 |publisher=ISSF |accessdate=January 6, 2013}}{{cite news |title=ISSF World Cup USA Beyerle and Beaman Bring Home Medals for the USA |url=http://www.usashooting.org/news/2011/5/17/15-issf-world-cup-usa-beyerle-and-beaman-bring-home-medals-for-the-usa |publisher=USA Shooting |date=May 17, 2011 |accessdate=January 6, 2013}}
Shooting career
Beaman started his sporting career as an avid archer, until he decided to try out for shooting at his teenage years. He attended South Dakota State University for two years majoring in agriculture, before he transferred to Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, where he studied emergency management. Beaman eventually became a member of the rifle shooting team for the NCAA Division I, until he was approached by U.S. national pistol coach Erich Buljung, silver medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, to switch from rifle to pistol.{{cite news |title=Selby man hits mark of becoming Olympian |url=http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2008-06-10/news/26414347_1_pistol-brian-beaman-olympics |work=Aberdeen News |publisher=American News Articles |date=June 10, 2008 |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227141656/http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2008-06-10/news/26414347_1_pistol-brian-beaman-olympics |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Since 2008, Beaman had been competing at the ISSF World Cup, where he achieved numerous top-ten finishes in air (AP60) and free pistol (FP). He also won silver medals for the 10 m air pistol at the U.S. national championships, and claimed his first ever career title at the 2010 Championships of the Americas (CAT Games) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an impressive score of 682.3 points (580 in the preliminary rounds and 102.3 in the final).{{cite news |title=Selby shooter earns gold medal in Brazil |url=http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2010-12-03/news/26436208_1_usa-shooting-olympic-spots-shooter |work=Aberdeen News |publisher=American News Articles |date=December 3, 2010 |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227084526/http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2010-12-03/news/26436208_1_usa-shooting-olympic-spots-shooter |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Beaman also qualified for the men's 10 m air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Fort Benning, Georgia.{{cite news |title=Beyerle, Fong in the Lead Women's 3-Position Rifle at 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials |url=http://www.shootingwire.com/shooting_wire_release.html?releaseID=130458 |publisher=The Shooting Wire |date=May 21, 2008 |accessdate=January 6, 2013}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He had finished on exactly the same score of 682.0 points (581 in the preliminary rounds and 101 in the final), as his teammate Jason Turner, but lost in a shoot-off by two tenths of a point (0.2) for a bonus of 10.3.{{cite web |title=Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM203901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053200/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM203901/index.html |archivedate=August 16, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Men's 10m Air Pistol Final |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM203101/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053052/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM203101/index.html |archivedate=August 16, 2012}} Beaman initially placed fifth in this event, but was upgraded to a higher position, when North Korea's Kim Jong-Su tested positive for propranolol, and consequently, stripped of his bronze medal.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Matt |title=Olympics: Korean double medallist expelled for drug use |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/aug/15/olympics2008.drugsinsport |publisher=The Guardian (UK) |date=August 15, 2008 |accessdate=January 6, 2013}}
References
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External links
- {{ISSF|SHUSAM1605198401}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20211206050641/http://www.usashooting.org/12-the-team/usashootingteam/nationalteam/nationalpistolteam/brianbeaman Brian Beaman] at USA Shooting (archived December 6, 2021)
- {{Team USA|new_id=brian-beaman|old_id=Brian-Beaman|sport=usa-shooting|archive=20230326084556}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816134441/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D1191/bio/index.html |date=August 16, 2012 |title=NBC 2008 Olympics profile}}
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Category:American male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for the United States
Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from South Dakota
Category:People from Mobridge, South Dakota