Jonathan William James Hammond (born 1 October 1980)[1] is a British sport shooter, who has competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the Olympics.
[4] At the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, Hammond competed in three events as the sole representative in rifle for Great Britain.
[2][1] In his first event, the men's 10 metres air rifle, Hammond scored 589 points to finish in 29th place as Abhinav Bindra won to become India's first ever individual Olympic gold medallist.
[6] In the 50 metres rifle three positions Hammond finished 42nd out of the 49 athletes who started in an event that was won by China's Qiu Jian[7] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games Hammond won a total of four medals, two gold, a silver and a bronze, making him the most successful Scottish athlete ever at the Games.
Again partnered by Stirton the Scottish duo scored 1181-74x to beat England's Mike Babb and Richard Wilson.