Catherine Skinner

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Catherine Skinner
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 34)
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Height172 cm (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
Sport Sport shooter
Event Trap shooting
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Trap
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Moscow Trap
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Baku Trap team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Lima Trap team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Granada Trap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Osijek Trap team
Oceania Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Gold CoastTrap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 SydneyTrap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 SydneyTrap
Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Kazan Trap
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Shenzhen Trap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Gwangju Trap
Updated on 8 August 2016.

Catherine Ann Skinner OAM (born 11 February 1990) is an Australian sport shooter. [1] [2] In 2016, she became an Olympic gold medalist.

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Early life

Skinner was born to Ken and Anne Skinner. She has two brothers, Andrew and Craig. [3]

Career

Skinner won Australia's only shooting medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade when she won gold in the trap event. [4] She competed in the women's trap event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she reached the semifinals. She competed in the women's trap event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal. [5] Skinner missed out on the finals in the women's trap at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing in 8th place. [6]

Personal life

Skinner graduated from RMIT in 2015, with a degree in Chemical Engineering. [7] She found her studies challenging, [8] taking a total of eight years to complete due to the fact that she was travelling to compete. [9] She worked at Dow Chemical for three months in 2017. [10]

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