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Diane Collings

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Diane Collings
Personal information
Birth nameDiane Rosalind Blaymires
Born (1959-06-05) 5 June 1959 (age 65)
SpouseMike Collings
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportShooting
ClubTe Puke Rifle Club
Achievements and titles
National finalsBallinger Belt winner (1981, 1987, 2014)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Shooting
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Fullbore - open

Diane Rosalind Collings (née Blaymires; born 5 June 1959) is a New Zealand sport shooter.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won the bronze medal in the fullbore open singles and finished seventh in the fullbore rifle open pairs.[1]

Collings has won the Ballinger Belt three times at the New Zealand rifle shooting championships, in 1981, 1987 and 2014. In 1992 she was top New Zealander and sixth overall.[2] She is married to sport shooter Mike Collings.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Diane Collings". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Collings destined to be on target". Dominion Post. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2014.