Desmond Vamplew

Desmond Vamplew
Personal information
Born (1955-08-20) 20 August 1955 (age 69)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Medal record
Shooting
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Edmonton Men's/Open fullbore rifle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Queen's prize pairs

Desmond Vamplew (born 20 August 1955[1]) is a sport shooter from Canada. He won the gold medal in the men's/open fullbore rifle event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton,[2] and the silver medal in the Queen's Prize fullbore rifle pairs event (with James Paton) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[3]

  1. ^ Glasgow 2014 profile
  2. ^ Jones, Terry (27 July 2014). "Des Vamplew wins Commonwealth medals 36 years apart". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ^ Hossain, Asif (26 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: Bezzoubenko bags golden hat-trick". Olympic.ca. Retrieved 27 July 2014.