COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Shooting has officially announced the induction of Ruby Fox and Daniel Carlisle into the U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame for 2008.
Carlisle (Austin, Texas) is one of the most successful shotgun shooters in history. Carlisle started shooting American Trap competitively at the age of 14. In 1975, at the age of 18, Carlisle joined the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit and that same year won the Pan American Games.
From 1975-1988, Carlisle won 14 gold, two silver and two bronze medals in international shooting events. He was a member of two Olympic teams, claiming the bronze medal in Men’s Trap at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. At the Seoul, Korea Games of 1988, Carlislecompeted in both the trap and skeet events, where he finished fourth in skeet and ninth in trap.
Today, Carlisle is a nationally recognized shooting instructor and coach and is the long-time coach of 2008 Olympic gold medalist Glenn Eller.
A native of Parker, Ariz., Ruby Fox was one of the nation’s leading pistol shooters and the foremost female pistol champion. During her international shooting career, which spanned from 1974 – 1992, Fox earned a total of nine gold, four silver and four bronze medals in international events. She is the only woman pistol competitor in the U.S. to win an Olympic medal, claiming the silver in sport pistol at the 1984 Games in Los Angles; win a World Championship (air pistol, Korea 1979) and claim a gold medal at the Pan American Games, which she earned in sport pistol in 1987 along with setting a new Pan Am record.
Until her retirement, Fox was a member and the only woman on the elite U. S. Army Reserve Pistol Team. She currently lives with her husband, Art, in Parker, Ariz. and enjoys traveling and the quiet home life. She competes in the Sportsman’s Team Challenge for and is a consultant with Smith and Wesson. She instructs the NSSF “First Shot Program” as well as the NRA’s Ladies on Target and Refuse to Be a Victim.
Carlisle and Fox will be presented with a bronze plaque during the U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on January 16 at the 2009 SHOT Show in Orlando, Fla.
