| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 30 | 50m Small-Bore Rifle Prone | 1996 | Atlanta, GA, USA | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 7 | 50m Rifle Prone | 2010 | Munich, GER | 700.3 |
| World Cup Final | ||||
| 2 | 50m Rifle Prone | 2011 | Wroclaw, POL | 701.8 |
| World Cup | ||||
| 2 | 50m Rifle Prone | 2011 | Changwon, KOR | 699.6 |
| 2 | 50m Rifle Prone | 2011 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 703.2 |
| 2 | 50m Rifle Prone | 2010 | Fort Benning, GA, USA | 702.8 |
| 3 | 50m Rifle Prone | 2010 | Beijing, CHN | 701.2 |
Hobbies
"Shooting, shooting, and shooting." (USA Shooting, 20 Jan 2004)
Occupation
Engineer, Serves in the Navy
Education
Aerospace Engineering - University of West Virginia, West Virginia, USA
Family
Wife, Sandra Uptagrafft
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
United States Army Marksmanship Unit [USAMU], Fort Benning, GA, USA
Coach
David Johnson [national], Tom Tamas (USA) (usashooting.com, 24 Jul 2011; Athlete, 29 Apr 2012)
Handedness
Right (ISSF, 20 Feb 2004)
Other sports
His uncle is high-power shooter, Al Ewing, who won the inter-service rifle in 1963 in Quantico, VA, USA. He is married to National Pistol Team member Sandra Uptagrafft. (pilkguns.com, 24 Jul 2005; usashooting.com, 24 Jul 2011)
Debut
1993 (Athlete, 29 Apr 2012)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started shooting in 1977 at CMP Club, Foresteen Junior Rifle Club in Spokane, Washington. (Athlete, 29 Apr 2012)
Reason for taking up this sport
His dad and his uncle, high power shooter Al Ewing, got him started in the sport. (Athlete, 29 Apr 2012)
Ambitions
To compete in the 2012 Olympic Games. (usashooting.com, 24 Jul 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Making the 1996 and 2012 Olympic squads. (Athlete, 29 Apr 2012)
Most influential person in career
His wife. (Athlete, 29 Apr 2012)
Awards
He was named an Academic All-American in 1992 and 1993. (USA Shooting, 20 Jan 2004)
He shot a 599/600 in Men's Prone at the 2007 Munich World Cup. (usashooting.com, 24 Jul 2011)
General
BUSINESS
He runs a company with his wife, Sandra, who is also a competitive shooter. After six years of development, their company Uptagrafft LLC created a new .22 competition rimfire rifle action. In addition to the new action, they also produce riser blocks, bloop tubes and tuner bloop tubes. (uptagrafftllc.com, 24 Jul 2011)
CAREER
He worked with the United States Army Reserves as a laboratory technician in 1983, joined the Texas National Guard in 1985 and shot on the All Guard Shooting team for two years in both International Rifle and Service Rifle before joining the United States Army Marksmanship Unit in 1987 on the Service Rifle team. He attended the University of West Virginia on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1995 with a degree in aerospace engineering. He received a direct commission into the Naval Reserve in 2001 prior to beginning work at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation in Boulder, Colorado. (USA Shooting, 20 Jan 2004)
Previous Olympics
Atlanta 1996
