Brian Hebditch
{{Short description|British sports shooter (1948–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Brian Hebditch
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| image = Brian Hebditch.jpg
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| nationality = British
| sport = Sports shooting
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|07|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cheltenham, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|01|1948|07|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = Titchfield, England
}}
Anthony Brian Hebditch (15 July 1948 – 1 November 2023) was a British sports shooter. He competed in the mixed skeet event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/brian-hebditch-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/brian-hebditch-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Brian Hebditch Olympic Results |accessdate=8 February 2020}}
Career
In October 1972, Hebditch represented England in the skeet event at the European Commonwealth Shooting Championships alongside David Seabrook and Alec Bennett. The team finished in all three podium positions.{{cite news |title=England Take Honours in Skeet Event |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-england-take-honours/135183405/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=4 October 1976 |page=10}}
In May 1979, Hebditch won the British Open Sporting Championship of the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association.{{cite news |title='Telegraph' trophy goes to Hebditch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-telegraph-trophy-g/135183151/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 May 1979 |page=6}}
Personal life
Hebditch was hit by a lorry outside a garden centre in Titchfield, near Southampton, on 1 November 2023, and was declared dead at the scene. He was 75.{{cite news |last1=Webb |first1=Freddie |title=Family pay tribute to Olympian Anthony Brian Hebditch who died after being hit by lorry in Titchfield |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/family-pay-tribute-to-olympian-anthony-brian-hebditch-who-died-after-being-hit-by-lorry-in-titchfield-4409300 |access-date=14 November 2023 |publisher=The Portsmouth News |date=14 November 2023}}
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Category:British male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for Great Britain
Category:Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Cheltenham
Category:20th-century British sportsmen
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