2016 Olympics "Rio in Sight": Matt Emmons

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posted on April 19, 2016
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In the second installment of their "Rio in Sight" series, our friends at Shooting Sports USA are highlighting Matt Emmons, a critical part of the Olympic team that will be representing the United States in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil. 

“Matt is in his own class,” said rifle great Glenn Dubis back in 2003 when he coached him his senior season at Alaska Fairbanks. “He’s a prodigy, he is, in a way a genius.” Click here to find out how Emmons has lived up to Dubis' evaluation, as well as the challenges he's faced in his path to Olympic glory.

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