Digweed started shooting at about the age of 12. Taken out by his grandfather he was given a .410 shotgun to shoot with. Due to his competitive attitude he decided to get involved in competitive shooting. Digweed's first memorable competition win was the Home International Skeet Championships in 1986 at Melton Mowbray Gun Club.[2]
He became the first man ever to shoot '100 straight' in a World Championship event[3] and in October 2011, while being filmed for a programme for Fieldsports Channel TV and using standard cartridges, he broke a clay at 130 yards, breaking his own previous record set in America[where?] of 118 yards.[4]
Digweed won his 16th World Championship title at the World Sporting Championship in Texas, USA on 25 and 26 April 2009, an event created in 2007 to find out who is the best all-round Shooting Champion in the world.[citation needed]
In 2009 he won the World Sporting Championship, the European Championship, the Mitsubishi World Series, the Pan African and the Italian Grand Prix.[citation needed]
In April 2022, he became the first sportsman to win a world title in five different decades (the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s 2010s and 2020s) when he won the Sporting World Championship.[5]
He has now won 31 world titles (16 Sporting, 12 Fitasc and 2 Compak), 19 European titles (15 Fitasc and 4 Compak), 4 European Compak titles, and 14 world cups.[6] George won 3 World Titles in 2015 - The World Sporting, The World FITASC and the World Compak - this has never been done in the history of Shooting.
George won another World Title at FITASC in July 2023. He also holds 4 current World Records. George holds the most World Championship Titles of anyone in any sport in the History of Sport. George raises huge amounts for Charity every year - to date he has raised nearly One Million Pounds for various Charities.
He and his wife Kate run a commercial shoot at Owley Farm, Wittersham, Kent.
^"How we got into shooting: George Digweed, Peter Wilson, Abbey Burton and Stevan Walton". Fieldsportschannel.tv. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
^Nichols, Pete (24 December 2001). "A-Z of British world champions". The Guardian.
^Pull - The official magazine of the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association - Nov-Dec 2011
^Riehl, F. "Is George Digweed The Best Shot In The World?". ammoland.com. AmmoLand.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^"George Digweed continues summer of clay shooting wins". Shooting UK. 20 September 2012.
^"John Digweed Interview: 'I don't feel any pressure to validate my relevance'". Skiddle.com. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
April 15, 2024
george, digweed, born, april, 1964, hastings, sussex, multi, world, european, english, sport, shooter, clay, shooting, champion, digweed, started, shooting, about, taken, grandfather, given, shotgun, shoot, with, competitive, attitude, decided, involved, compe. George Digweed MBE born 21 April 1964 in Hastings Sussex is a multi World and European English sport shooter clay shooting champion 1 Digweed started shooting at about the age of 12 Taken out by his grandfather he was given a 410 shotgun to shoot with Due to his competitive attitude he decided to get involved in competitive shooting Digweed s first memorable competition win was the Home International Skeet Championships in 1986 at Melton Mowbray Gun Club 2 He became the first man ever to shoot 100 straight in a World Championship event 3 and in October 2011 while being filmed for a programme for Fieldsports Channel TV and using standard cartridges he broke a clay at 130 yards breaking his own previous record set in America where of 118 yards 4 Digweed won his 16th World Championship title at the World Sporting Championship in Texas USA on 25 and 26 April 2009 an event created in 2007 to find out who is the best all round Shooting Champion in the world citation needed In 2009 he won the World Sporting Championship the European Championship the Mitsubishi World Series the Pan African and the Italian Grand Prix citation needed In April 2022 he became the first sportsman to win a world title in five different decades the 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s when he won the Sporting World Championship 5 He has now won 31 world titles 16 Sporting 12 Fitasc and 2 Compak 19 European titles 15 Fitasc and 4 Compak 4 European Compak titles and 14 world cups 6 George won 3 World Titles in 2015 The World Sporting The World FITASC and the World Compak this has never been done in the history of Shooting George won another World Title at FITASC in July 2023 He also holds 4 current World Records George holds the most World Championship Titles of anyone in any sport in the History of Sport George raises huge amounts for Charity every year to date he has raised nearly One Million Pounds for various Charities He and his wife Kate run a commercial shoot at Owley Farm Wittersham Kent George Digweed is the brother of DJ and record producer John Digweed 7 References edit http www hastingsobserver co uk sport Shooting star George Digweed receives jp permanent dead link How we got into shooting George Digweed Peter Wilson Abbey Burton and Stevan Walton Fieldsportschannel tv Archived from the original on 2021 12 20 Retrieved 24 October 2012 Nichols Pete 24 December 2001 A Z of British world champions The Guardian Pull The official magazine of the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association Nov Dec 2011 Riehl F Is George Digweed The Best Shot In The World ammoland com AmmoLand com Retrieved 16 July 2020 George Digweed continues summer of clay shooting wins Shooting UK 20 September 2012 John Digweed Interview I don t feel any pressure to validate my relevance Skiddle com Retrieved 2019 10 30 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Digweed amp oldid 1188441355, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
