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Full name | Christina Else Schulze-Ashcroft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | June 28, 1964|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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