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}} Robert Jennings Leatham (born January 27, 1961 in Mesa, Arizona), also known as "TGO" (a nickname coined by his friend Brian Enos, it stands for "The Great One" and has since been used by Springfield Armory on a series of Leatham-inspired pistols) is a professional shooter. He is a 24-time USPSA National champion and 7-time International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) World Champion. ==Biography== Leatham was born to parents Nyle and Carol at the Southside Hospital in Mesa, Arizona. From the time he could walk, he always carried a stick with him wherever he went. His mother believes it was his weapon of choice before the introduction to guns. Leatham developed an interest in firearms at an early age and was surrounded by them as he grew up. His earliest childhood memories from the age of five or six entail weekends that his mom and dad would pack up the family and head to the desert to shoot. Leatham has an older brother, Alan, and two younger siblings, David and sister Susan, and they all spent a substantial portion of their childhood shooting and competing with handguns, shotguns and rifles. While tin cans and paper plates were the standard targets, Leatham was rarely the winner in the family competitions. On Leatham's twelfth birthday, he received his first gun. His family surprised him with a new Smith & Wesson Model 34 revolver on one of their trips to shoot in the desert. As the family desert competitions evolved, Leatham's father designed the five-yard game: if the target was missed you were out, but if you hit it, you moved back five yards and shot again. Whoever got the furthest back, won the game. Leatham would often lose and his mother feels his siblings beat him simply because they tried harder. Leatham continued desert shooting throughout his teenage years but also became involved in other sports. He played basketball and compete in track-and-field after school. Leatham fit the profile of an athlete, tall, lean, fit and muscular, but never thought of becoming a professional pistol shooter. He developed an interest in racing motorcycles, which continues to this day - he currently owns a Honda RC30 and has stated he will never sell the bike. Leatham's mother never allowed him to own a motorcycle while living at home, so he moved out after graduation and bought his first street bike. Following high school, Leatham got a job with the Arizona Republic, the leading newspaper in the Phoenix metropolitan area, as an operator in their computer room. At the time, the computer room was a room full of mainframes that had less computing power than the average PC today. Leatham loved the job, especially when things went wrong, as he loved the challenge and pressure of being ''under the gun''. He worked the second and third shifts which allowed him to practice shooting during daylight hours. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rob Leatham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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