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− | [[Image:Canadaflag. | + | [[Image:Canadaflag.GIF|right|190px]][[Image:Rob Furlong McLeans.jpg|thumb|right|Rob Furlong (photo from McLean's magazine, 5/15/06.]]'''Rob Furlong''' (born 1976) is a a former corporal of the Canadian Forces who held the record for the longest confirmed [[sniper]] kill in combat, from [[March 2002]] until [[November 2009]]. Established in 2002, the shot exceeded [[Carlos Hathcock]]'s 1967 record of 2,286 m (7,500 ft) by 144 m (472 ft).<ref>[http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20060515_126689_126689 Friscolanti, Michael. "We were abandoned", Maclean's, Rogers Publishing, 2006-05-15, pp. 18-25.]</ref> It also exceeded [[Arron Perry]]'s record of 2,310 m (2,526 yd / 1.435 mi), set just days before Furlong's record. Furlong's record was surpassed in 2009 by Corporal of Horse [[Craig Harrison]] of the British Household Cavalry, who killed two Taliban guerrillas at a range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd). |
Born in Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Furlong taught himself to fire a sniper rifle ambidextrously. | Born in Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Furlong taught himself to fire a sniper rifle ambidextrously. |