Mike Collings
New Zealand sport shooter
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Michael John Collings (born 29 September 1954)[1] is a sport shooter from New Zealand.
29 September 1954
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| Born | Michael John Collings 29 September 1954 Lower Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Diane Collings | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Te Puke Rifle Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Ballinger Belt winner (1998, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he was 21st in the full bore rifle open singles and seventh in the full bore rifle open pairs.[2]
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he won a gold medal in the full bore rifle open pairs with John Snowden.[3] He also competed in the full bore rifle open singles, finishing fourth.[2]
Collings won the Ballinger Belt at the 1998 New Zealand rifle shooting championships. In 2009 he finished second and was top New Zealander.[4] He won back-to-back Ballinger Belts in 2021 and 2022, becoming the first person in the history of the event, dating back to 1873, to successfully defend the trophy.[5] He won the Ballinger Belt again in 2024 and 2026.[6][7]
Collings is married to fellow sport shooter Diane Collings.[8] His father, Dennis Collings, won the Ballinger Belt in 1977, and his brother, Ross Collings, did the same in 1993.[5]
