Nulkaba’s Repacholi was one of 43 athletes named on the team, with Bellbird’s Blake Blackburn (now based in Queensland) also announced in the futures category. 

“We have had a fantastic year in 2014 in terms of results and we have named a squad with the quality and potential to ensure we continue to be a force to be reckoned with on the world stage,” Shooting Australia CEO Damien Marangon said.

“With just over a year and a half to go to the Rio Olympics and Paralympics, we believe we have the athletes in this squad to produce great results for Australia.”

 “This squad reflects the need for us to be fiercely focussed on winning medals at events that matter and making prudent investment decisions to maximise the likelihood of success.

“We are responsible for the high performance element of the sport of shooting, and it is the responsibility of our National Federations to recruit, retain and develop athletes to feed into Shooting Australia’s high performance program. 

“For this reason we continue to work extremely hard with our National Federations to ensure we create a pathway where success is inevitable.”

Repacholi, 32, won gold in the 10-metre air pistol and bronze in the 50m event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow earlier this year.

This added to his bronze (10m air pistol) from the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010 and two medals, gold in 50m pistol pairs and bronze in 10m pistol pairs, from the IIXX Games in Melbourne four years prior.

He has contested three Olympic Games - Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012.