Ruby Fox

"I'm the NRA Press Photo"

Ruby Fox is my Aunt. It was not planned that way...she just happened to marry my Uncle Art who happened to be my mother's brother. But I feel very lucky to have her in our family.

Pan Am Games, 1987, Indianapolis

A three time Olympic shooter, she became the first USA female to win an Olympic Medal in a women’s Olympic shooting event. That was at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in which she tied with Linda Thorn and they were forced into a shoot off. In the end...she missed the gold by one point. But you would never have known it at our house. I can still remember how excited everyone was. 

Now retired, Ruby reps for Smith and Wesson and is an active lifetime member of the NRA.

Ruby...4th from the left, front row and the US Shooting Team.

Pan Am Games, 1987, Indianapolis, Gold, Ladies Sport Pistol

Pan Am Games, 1987, Indianapolis

84 Olympics

BIOGRAPHY

Ruby Fox, of Parker, Arizona, was one of the nations leading pistol marksperson and the foremost female pistol champion. She is a wife, mother and grandmother who, until her retirement, was a member and the only women on the elite U. S. Army Reserve Pistol Team. She has served on the advisory board for the Director of Civilian Marksmanship; a former member of the Pistol and International Committees of the NRA; served as the coach of junior pistol shooting at the US Olympic Training Center and has appeared in the national media as part of the “I’m the NRA” advertising campaign. She also was served as Head Coach for the Thailand Shooting Federation in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Her competitive accomplishments include 19 women’s outdoor national pistol champion; 7 times National Champion, Ladies Air Pistol and 10 time National Champion, Ladies Sport Pistol. In 1995 she was the high reserve competitor with the service pistol. 

In 1979 she was the World Champion, Ladies Air Pistol. She was a member of the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic Teams and won a silver medal at the L.A. Games in Ladies Sport Pistol and was the co-holder of the Olympic Record. At the Pan American Games in Indianapolis she won the Gold in Ladies Sport Pistol and set a new Pan Am Record. 

She holds 10 of the 16 records for ladies outdoor pistol and is the only women member of the NRA’s 2650 Club and holds the record of 2660 out of 2700 possible points. 

She was the first women and two time nominee for the prestigious “Outstanding American Handgunner Award and was one of the first instructors for the “Refuse to Be a Victim” program designed especially for women. 

In February 2002, as a Reservist, Ruby was mobilized and served a year on active duty stationed at Ft. Shafter, HI. She retired from the Army Reserve in December 2003 with 28 years 10 months service.

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