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Feb 08, 1923 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1922)
British sports shooter
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About Charles Trotter
- Charles Maitland Yorke Trotter (8 February 1923 – 8 September 2003) was a British sports shooter who represented Guernsey and Kenya in both fullbore and smallbore disciplines, and also sustained a successful career as a commercial photographer.
- Trotter's achievements in target rifle shooting make him one Guernsey's most decorated sportsmen.
- Best remembered for his prowess in fullbore rifle shooting, Trotter won H.M.
- The Queen's Prize in 1975, and is a Commonwealth Games medallist, winning a bronze medal in 1982 while representing Guernsey.
- Also a champion smallbore shooter, Trotter represented Kenya in two Olympic Games. Born in Edinburgh, Trotter was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, where he captained the school shooting team.
- He later served during World War II with the Royal Engineers before commanding a group of German Prisoners of War in Egypt after the war.
- After studying photography, Trotter established a photographic business in Nairobi from 1951 to 1962.
- He achieved considerable success as a commercial photographer, and his work is now regarded as a rich resource for the study of Kenya immediately prior to its independence in 1962.
- During this time, Trotter represented Kenya at Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960. Trotter returned to Britain in the early 1960s.
- In 1965, a head-on car collision caused injuries which impaired his mobility.
- Trotter returned to Guernsey in 1966, taking ownership of a local gun shop.
- He won H.M.
- The Queen's Prize in 1975, becoming only the second winner of the event from the island, and represented Guernsey in three consecutive Commonwealth Games from 1974, winning a bronze medal in the Fullbore Rifle individual event at Brisbane 1982.
- Trotter also represented Great Britain and Scotland, before retiring from active shooting in 2001.
- He retained the presidency of the Old Elizabethan Rifle Club until his death in 2003
