Dr. Jules Sobrian, (born January 22, 1935) in San Fernando

San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

The City of San Fernando with a population of 55,419 according to the 2000 census, is the larger of Trinidad and Tobago's two cities and the second largest municipality after Chaguanas. It occupies 18 km² and is located in the southwestern part of the island of Trinidad...

, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

, is a medical doctor, competitive marksman

Marksman

A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision, or a sharpshooter shooting, using projectile weapons, such as with a rifle but most commonly with a sniper rifle, to shoot at long range targets...

 and author

Author

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, who resides in Omemee

Omemee, Ontario

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. He was born in Trinidad and emigrated to Canada at the age of 21. Sobrian began shooting competitively at Hart House Revolver Club at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 while studying medicine. He has competed for Canada in pistol-shooting events at four Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

, and has won 5 individual medals in pistol-shooting at three Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

 and 4 individual medals in pistol-shooting at three Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

. He won the Championship of the Americas in Free Pistol in 1973. In 2010, he released his first book "White Lily" about semi-personal experiences set in the 19th century.

Commonwealth Games Medals

Sobrian won medals in individual pistol-shooting events at the Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

 as follows:

• gold medal in the Rapid-Fire Pistol event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
• gold medal in the Free Pistol event and silver medal in the Rapid-Fire Pistol event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games
• silver medal in the Free Pistol event and bronze medal in the Rapid-Fire Pistol event at the 1966 Commonwealth Games

Pan American Games Medals

Sobrian won medals in individual pistol-shooting events at the Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

 as follows:

• Silver medal in the Men's 25-metre Rapid Fire Pistol event and bronze medal in the Men's 50-metre Free Pistol event at the 1975 Pan American Games
  1975 Pan American Games
  The 7th Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the 2nd Pan American Games were held there...
  
  
• Bronze medal in the Men's 25-metre Center Fire Pistol event at the 1967, 1971 and 1975 Pan American Games.

Championship of the Americas Medals

Jules won the gold medal in the 50M Free Pistol in the 1973 Championships of the Americas and bronze in the 25M centre fire event.

Trap Shooting

He competes in trap shooting

Trap shooting

Trap shooting is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting . The others are skeet shooting and sporting clays. There are many versions including Olympic trap, Double trap , Down-The-Line, and Nordic trap. American trap is most popular in the United States and Canada...

competitions for the Peterborough Skeet and Trap Club in Quinte League matches in Ontario.