death_place death_date birth_place medaltemplates birth_date article_title
christchurch , new zealand 24 december 2008 new plymouth , new zealand men 's shooting 21 october 1925 ian ballinger

ian ballinger

ian roy ballinger -lrb- 21 october 1925 -- 24 december 2008 -rrb- was a new zealand shooter who won a bronze medal at the 1968 summer olympics .
ballinger competed at three consecutive olympic games -lrb- 1968 , 1972 and 1976 -rrb- and two commonwealth games -lrb- 1974 and 1978 -rrb- in the 50m rifle - prone event .
he was awarded the lonsdale cup by the new zealand olympic committee in 1968 , and the following year he won the ballinger belt at the new zealand rifle shooting championships .
