Rob Furlong (born 1976), is a former sniper with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, best known for holding the previous record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at . Furlong's shot, taken in the Shah-i-Kot Valley during Operation Anaconda in March 2002, exceeded the previous record set by his teammate Master-Corporal Arron Perry by . Furlong's record was surpassed in November 2009 by British sniper Craig Harrison who shot two Taliban fighters consecutively at a range of .