Christina Ashcroft

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Christina Ashcroft
Personal information
Full nameChristina Else Schulze-Ashcroft
NationalityCanadian
Born (1964-06-28) June 28, 1964 (age 59) [1]
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Shooting
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria 50m rifle, three positions - pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 10m Air Rifle - Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 Kuala Lumpur50m Rifle 3 Position - Pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 Kuala Lumpur50m Rifle Prone - Pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1994 Victoria10m Air Rifle - Pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1994 Victoria50m Rifle 3 Position - Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1994 Victoria50m Rifle Prone - Pairs
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Havana 50 metre rifle, prone
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg 50 metre rifle, three positions

Christina Ashcroft (born 28 June, 1964) is a Canadian sport shooter.

Ashcroft participated in the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988 and 1992. [1]

She participated at the 1994 Commonwealth Games winning a gold medal in the 50m rifle, three positions pairs event [2] and bronze medals in the 10m Air Rifle pairs, 50m Rifle 3 Position individual and 50m Rifle Prone pairs events. Ashcroft also won two gold medals in the 10m Air Rifle pairs and 50m Rifle 3 Position pairs events and a silver medal in the 50m Rifle Prone pairs event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. [3]

She won a silver medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in the Small Bore 50 metre rifle prone event and a bronze at the 1999 Pan American Games in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Christina Ashcroft". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. "Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Position (Pair) - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "Christina Ashcroft". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. Olderr, Steven (2015). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue (in Spanish). McFarland. p. 218. ISBN   9781476604688.