Conner Prince

{{short description|American sport shooter}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Conner Prince

| image = Conner Prince at the 2024 Summer Olympics.jpg

| caption = Prince at the 2024 Summer Olympics

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|03|28}}

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

| sport = Sports shooting

| country = United States

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|Skeet}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Lonato del Garda|Men's junior skeet team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Rabat|Men's skeet}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Rabat|Mixed skeet team}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Lonato|Men's skeet}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Suhl|Men's skeet{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/burlesons-prince-tied-for-second-in-qualifiers-at-olympics-for-mens-skeet-shooting/article_2ddd2704-50f6-11ef-92b1-574065d63f5b.html|title=Burleson's Prince tied for second in qualifiers at Olympics for men's skeet shooting|first=Monica|last=Faram|work=Cleburne Times-Review|date=August 2, 2024|access-date=August 3, 2024}}}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Suhl|Men's skeet team}}

}}

Conner Prince (born March 28, 2000){{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/conner-prince-1994975|title=Conner Prince|work=NBC Olympics|access-date=August 3, 2024}} is an American sport shooter. He won the silver medal in the men's skeet event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, coming second to his coach Vincent Hancock.{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/vincent-hancock-wins-fourth-olympic-gold-medal-in-skeet|title=Paris 2024 Shooting: All Results As USA's Vincent Hancock Continues His Reign With Fourth Olympic Gold Medal In Men's Skeet (Shooting: Men's Skeet Podium)|work=Olympic Games|first=Sam|last=Peene|date=August 3, 2024|access-date=August 3, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/shooting/skeet-men/fnl-000100--|title=Skeet Men's Final Results|work=2024 Summer Olympics|access-date=August 3, 2024}}

Biography

Conner Prince was born in Fort Worth but is from Burleson, Texas.{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Laura |title=North Texas student, teacher battle for gold in Skeet Shooting at the Paris Olympics |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/paris-2024-summer-olympics/vincent-hancock-conner-prince-men-skeet-shooting-paris-olympics/3610017/ |access-date=8 August 2024 |publisher=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth |date=2 August 2024}} He began shooting with his high school team in 2014 before beginning Olympic Skeet in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Cassidy |first=Daphane |date=2024-05-24 |title=Olympics Exclusive Q&A: Conner Prince, USA Men's Skeet |url=https://www.letsgoshooting.org/resources/articles/usa-shooting/olympics-conner-prince-mens-skeet/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=NSSF Let's Go Shooting |language=en-US}} Prince graduated from Centennial High School.{{Cite web |last=O’Brien |first=Cody |title=Conner Prince: Spartan turned Olympian |url=https://www.theburlesonbuzz.com/p/conner-prince-spartan-turned-olympian |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.theburlesonbuzz.com |language=en}}

Prince qualified for the Olympics in 2024, and was a senior at Tarleton State University at the time.{{cite news |title=Tarleton State Senior Conner Prince Wins Silver at Olympics |url=https://www.tarleton.edu/news/tarleton-state-senior-conner-prince-wins-silver-at-olympics/ |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=Tarleton News |publisher=Tarleton State University |date=3 August 2024}}

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