Max Michel
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Maxient John Jr. Michel (born 15 December 1981)[1] is an action shooting competitor from the US. He is the current IPSC Handgun Open World Champion (2014 XVII, USA) and the only five time winner of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships (2014, 2013, 2009, 2007 and 2005). Max began shooting when he was just 5 years old, and has served in the U.S. Army for 10 years (1999 - 2009) as a shooter and trainer. He is also featured on the Hot Shots TV series, and is sponsored by Sig Sauer.[2]
Merits
- 2014 IPSC Open World Champion (XVII, USA)[1]
- Five times Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Champion (2014, 2013, 2009, 2007 and 2005)[1]
- Eight times USPSA National Champion (2014, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004)[1]
- Four time US Steel Challenge National Champion (2014, 2011, 2009 and 2008)[1]
- Two time Pro-Am Champion (2012 and 2013)[1]
- The only shooter who has won all USPSA Area Championships in the same season (2010)[1]
Other Max Michel
Max Michel is also the name of a defrocked married Coptic lector who claims to be the Pope. Although he left the Coptic Orthodox Church in 1976, he claims to have been ordained as a bishop in Nebraska in 2005. In 2006, he announced himself to be Pope Maximos I of Egypt and the Middle East. His claims were condemned by Pope Shenounda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Pope Theodore II of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt, both of whom considered any ordination Max Michel may have received to be invalid.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MaxMichel.com - Max Michel's Bio
- ↑ Team Sig - Max Michel, Jr., Shooting Champion
- ↑ "Common Statement Between The Coptic Orthodox Church And The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa Regarding Max Michel" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 3 October 2016.