Bruce Quick

{{short description|Australian sports shooter}}

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

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

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| name = Bruce Quick

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| fullname = Bruce James Quick

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| nationality = {{AUS}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|10|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia

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| sport = Shooting

| events = 25 m Rapid Fire pistol (RF) 50m Pistol ( free pistol)

| club = Yackandandah Pistol Club

| coach = Paul McCormack

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{{MedalSport | Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1990 Auckland | Men's 50m Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs}}

{{MedalBronze | 1990 Auckland | Men's 25m Centre-Fire Pistol}}

{{MedalSilver | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Men's 50m Free Pistol - Pairs}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Men's 50m Free Pistol}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Men's 50m Centre Fire Pistol -Pairs}}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | Men's Rapid Fire Pistol }}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | Men's 50m Centre Fire Pistol}}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | Men's 50m Free Pistol - Pairs) }}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | Men's 50m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs}}

{{MedalBronze | 2002 Manchester | Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Pairs }}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne | Men's 25m Standard Pistol Pairs}}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Melbourne | Men's 25m Standard Pistol}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | RFP (pairs) }}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | RFP (pairs) }}

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Bruce James Quick (born 4 October 1959 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Bruce Quick|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/bruce-quick-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/bruce-quick-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 29 January 2013}} Since 1988, Quick had won a total of forty three medals (twenty seven gold, six silver, and nine bronze) in the rapid fire, centre fire, standard pistol, 50m pistol and Air pistol at the Oceanian Shooting Championships.{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Bruce Quick|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHAUSM0410196001|publisher=ISSF|access-date=29 January 2013}} He also captured a bronze medal in the rapid fire pistol pairs, along with his partner David Chapman at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, with a combined score of 1,125 points.{{cite news|title=Australian shooters Bruce Quick and David Chapman snare bronze in Delhi Commonwealth Games|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/sportold/australian-shooters-bruce-quick-and-david-chapman-snare-bronze-in-delhi-commonwealth-games/story-fn66fst6-1225935584427|publisher=The Australian|date=7 October 2010|access-date=29 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=Australia win 25m pistol pairs bronze|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australia-win-25m-pistol-pairs-bronze-20101007-169ex.html|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 October 2010|access-date=29 January 2013}}

Quick has competed at the 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth games, making him the Australian Commonwealth team member with the most appearances as an athlete, winning a total of 14 medals - 1 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze medals. Quick made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol. He finished one point behind North Korea's Kim Hyon-Ung, with a total score of 571 targets (283 in the first stage and 288 in the second).

Four years after competing in his last Olympics, Quick qualified for his second Australian team, as a 47-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the rapid fire pistol from the 2005 Oceanian Shooting Championships, coincidentally in Brisbane, with a score of 754.3 points. Quick hit a total of 560 targets (280 each on the first and second stage) in the preliminary rounds of the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, finishing two points ahead of Hong Kong's Wong Fai.{{cite web|title=Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification – Stage 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM202901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053928/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM202901/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2012 }}{{cite web|title=Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification – Stage 2 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM202902/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054059/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM202902/index.html |archive-date=16 August 2012 }}