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Todd Bender

Todd BenderTodd Bender was named the first Master Instructor for the National Skeet Shooting Association. He has been trained by the UK's Clay Pigeon Shooting Association (CPSA) and is an Honorary Fellow in England's Institute of Clay Shooting Instructors.

In competition Todd has maintained a position on top of the National Skeet Shooting Association for three decades. Over the years he has complied 26 NSSA World Championships and been named to a record 35 consecutive Men's First All-American Teams. In 1991 Todd carried the highest overall average in the history of the sport, a .9972. He was the first shooter to record three back to back 400x400s in 1987. The only shooter to do it twice, 400x400, 400x400, and 550x550 in 1991. Todd is also the only shooter to record three consecutive back to back 550x550s at the World Championships in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

In overseas competition Todd won the Overall Championships at the Canadian Open (1998), the English Open (2003), The Australian Nationals (2008), and most recently the New Zealand Nationals (2011). Todd was inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame (1999), and in the same year he was inducted into the first class of Trinity University's Athletic Hall of Fame.