Matthew Dryke

Dryke in 1984

Personal information

Full name

Matthew Alexander Dryke

Born

August 21, 1958 (age 58)
Port Angeles, Washington, U.S.

Medal record

Men's shooting
Representing the United States
Olympics Games
	1984 Los Angeles	Skeet

Matthew Alexander Dryke (born August 21, 1958 in Port Angeles, Washington) is an American former sports shooter. He competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is two times world champion in skeet shooting, from 1983 and 1986, and earned a silver medal in 1987.^[1]

Accomplishments

1979 Pan American Games – silver – skeet
1979 Pan American Games – gold team – skeet
1979 World Moving Target Championships – gold team – skeet (world record – team)
1981 Championships of the Americas – gold – skeet (world record)
1981 Championships of the Americas – gold team – skeet (world record – team)
1982 World Shooting Championships – gold team – skeet
1983 Pan American Games – gold – skeet (world record)
1983 World Moving Target Championships – gold – skeet
1983 World Moving Target Championships – gold team – skeet
1984 Olympic Games – gold – skeet^[2]
1985 Championships of the Americas – gold – skeet
1986 World Shooting Championships – gold – skeet (world record)
1987 Pan American Games – gold – skeet
1987 World Clay Target Championships – silver – skeet
1988 Olympic Games – 24th – skeet^[3]
1989 World Cup – Mexico City – gold – skeet
1989 World Cup – Osijek – gold – skeet
1989 World Cup – Suhl – bronze – skeet
1992 World Cup – Los Angeles – gold – skeet
1992 Olympic Games – 6th – skeet^[4]

¹ From 1972 until 1992, the event was open to women as well as men. Zhang is the only woman to have won it.

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