Cameron Pirouet
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 1998 Saint Helier, Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (5 ft 11+3⁄4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rifle shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Smallbore and air rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jersey Rifle Association | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Richard Pirouet (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cameron Adam Snowden Pirouet (/ˈpɪrueɪ/, PI-roo-ay; born 27 November 1998)[2] is a Jersey born British sport shooter. He has represented Jersey at both the Island Games–at which he holds four games records–and the Commonwealth Games; his best result is a fourth-place finish in the Men's Smallbore Rifle event in 2018.
Early life and career
Born and raised in Jersey, Pirouet was educated at Victoria College.[3] He represented the school at the schools' championships at Bisley was a member of the British Cadet Rifle Team, more commonly known as the Athelings, for their tour to Canada in 2016.[4] He went on to read Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[1]
Pirouet first represented Great Britain in 2017, finishing third in the Junior Men's 50 m Rifle event at the European Shooting Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3] He is part of British Shooting's high-performance programme.[5]
Senior career
In 2018, Pirouet was selected to represent Jersey at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. He finished fourth in the Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions event; although failed to qualify for the finals of the Men's 50 m Rifle Prone and 10 m Air Rifle events, placing sixteenth and thirteenth respectively.[1]
In 2019, Pirouet represented Jersey at the 2019 Island Games held in Gibraltar. He competed in both Air Rifle and Smallbore events, winning five gold medals and breaking four games records.[6] For his performances in 2019, Pirouet was nominated for the Channel Islands Sports Personality of the Year award, the first shooter to be shortlisted since the award's inception in 2002.[5]