Age: 44

Sport: Shooting

Discipline: Trap

Club: Bidnija Shooting Club

Started: 1989

Personal Record: 122 out of 125.

Achievements:

From 1993 up to this date Number 1 Trap Shooter (Malta Champion)

Commonwealth Games - Victoria - Canada –1994 - 6th placing.

Malta International Grand Prix 1994 – Silver Medallist.

Commonwealth Shooting Championships - India -1995 -Gold in Pairs Event

Malta International Grand Prix 1995 – Gold Medallist.

Olympic Games – Atlanta USA – 1996 – 17th placing (Score 119/125).

Malta International Grand Prix 1996 – Gold Medallist.

Nations Cup – Italy – 1997 – 4th Placing out of 167 participants (Score 120/125).

Commonwealth Games – 1998 - Kuala Lumpur – 8th placing (Score 117/125).

Malta International Grand Prix 1998 – Silver Medallist.

World Shooting Cup – 1999 - Cyprus – 7th place out of 134 participants (Score 121/125).

Malta International Grand Prix 2000 – Gold Medallist.

World Shooting Championships 2000 - Finland- 11th Place out of 187 participants (Score 119/125).

Australia Pre Olympic Games – 2000 - 8th Place out of 97 participants (Score 117/125).

Sydney Olympic Games 2000.

World Ranking – 10th position.

GSSE – 2001 – Silver medal in San Marino.

GSSE - 2003 – Silver medal in Malta.

Malta International Grand Prix 2003 – Gold Medallist.

GSSE - 2005 – Bronze medal in Andorra.

Malta International Grand Prix – 2006 Gold Medal winner.

He also represented Malta in the World Olympians Association held in November 2003 in Lausanne in Switzerland.

Frans won the most prestigious National Award of the Sportsman of the Year in 1994. He won the Team Award in 1995 and runner-up in the Sportsman of the Year Award for years 1996 and 1999.