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Irish sports shooter

FullnameReginald Kenneth Stanford

NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)

Born (1937-12-09) 9 December 1937 (age 88)

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Ken Stanford
Personal information
Full name	Reginald Kenneth Stanford
Nationality	British (Northern Irish)
Born	(1937-12-09) 9 December 1937 (age 88) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Event(s)	Rapid-Fire Pistol Free Pistol Centre fire pistol

Reginald Kenneth Stanford (born 9 December 1937) is a former sports shooter from Northern Ireland, who competed at 1980 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Formerly a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), he represented Britain and Northern Ireland at a number of pistol shooting events.

Stanford represented the 1966 Northern Irish Team^[2] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,^[3] participating in the free pistol, centre fire pistol and rapid fire pistol events.^[4]

Stanford attended another Games, when he was part of the 1974 Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[5]

He "controversially" represented Ireland at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, participating in two shooting events.^[6]^[7] Stanford applied for three weeks special leave from his role as a Chief Inspector with the RUC to participate,^[8]

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ken Stanford Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
↑ "No surprises in Games Team". Belfast News-Letter. 21 June 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Graham, Chivers, Neely for Jamaica". Belfast Telegraph. 13 July 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Northern Ireland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
↑ "Joan Owens". Belfast Telegraph. 20 November 1973. p. 21. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Ex-officer reveals 'hostility' at choice of country". Irish Times. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
↑ "RUC man for Moscow with the Republic". Belfast Telegraph. 28 May 1980. p. 6 – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Ken Stanford an inspector in the RUC is to go to the Moscow Olympics as a member of the Republic of Ireland's shooting team
↑ "Belfast Telegraph, Front page, 24 June 1980". Belfast Telegraph. 24 June 1980 – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. The RUC man [was] chosen to shoot for Ireland at Moscow [..] But the Chief Constable has yet to say whether or not he can go. Chief Inspector Ken Stanford has applied for three weeks special leave

External links

Kenneth Stanford at the International Shooting Sport Federation
Kenneth Stanford at Olympics.com
Ken Stanford at Olympedia

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