Ian O’Sullivan: ‘My grandfather’s gun malfunctioned on me right in the middle of the World Junior final’

Ian O’Sullivan, 21, is the rising star of clay pigeon shooting. He won junior gold at the 2014 World Championships, European junior bronze a year later and was sixth in the 2017 European Senior Championships. Since graduating from Limerick IT last summer (businesss and sports management), he combines training with working in the family business in Rathkeale.

Ian O’Sullivan: ‘My grandfather’s gun malfunctioned on me right in the middle of the World Junior final’
Sun, 15 Apr, 2018 - 01:00
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