Tom Sutherland (sport shooter)
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| Full name | Thomas Norman Sutherland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1932 Masterton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 November 2008 (aged 75) Havelock North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Norman "Buster" Sutherland (30 December 1932 – 20 November 2008) was a New Zealand competitive rifle shooter. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the bronze medal in the men's fullbore rifle event.[1] He was the first New Zealander to win a Commonwealth Games medal in shooting.[2]
Born in Masterton on 30 December 1932, Sutherland was one of 16 children.[2] In the early 1950s, he joined the Masterton/Opaki Rifle Club and went on to represent New Zealand internationally for 18 years between 1960 and 1978, and was runner-up in the Ballinger Belt three times, in 1970, 1971 and 1979.[2] In 1987, Sutherland was chosen for the New Zealand fullbore rifle shooting team to compete in the 1988 Palmer Match in Australia.[3] The Palmer Match was a long-running teams shooting competition held every four years between teams from Australia, the United Kingdom, The United States, Canada and New Zealand.[4][5]
Sutherland died in Havelock North on 20 November 2008, at the age of 75.[2]
