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Country | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kay Copland is a Scottish sport shooter.
Copland competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games winning a gold medal in the 50m prone pairs event [1] and a bronze medal in the 50m three positions pairs event, both alongside Jennifer McIntosh. [2]
In October 2008 she won gold in the 50 metre prone rifle at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. [3] Later in 2008 she won a silver medal with Sheree Cox and Nikki Sammels in the 50 metre Prone Rifle team event at the European Junior Championships in Plzeň. [4]
Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter and Olympian from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur. In 2010 she became World Champion in the 50 metre prone rifle event.
Master Chief Petty Officer Sanjeev Rajput is an Arjuna Awardee Indian sport shooter from Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. He was a retired Junior Commissioned Officer in Indian Navy.
James Charles Huckle is an English sport shooter, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Jonathan William James Hammond is a British sport shooter, who has competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the Olympics. He is currently the head coach of the rifle team at the West Virginia University.
Jennifer McIntosh is a Scottish Olympic sports shooter and fantasy author. McIntosh is the daughter of four-times Commonwealth Games medalist Shirley McIntosh and Donald McIntosh, and the elder sister of British Olympic shooter Seonaid McIntosh.
Neil Stirton is a British sport shooter.
Martin Sinclair is a British sport shooter who won silver at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 50 m rifle prone pairs partnering with Neil Stirton. He was a member of the University of Edinburgh Rifle Club whilst studying at the University of Edinburgh. He won Gold in the 50m 3-Position Pairs even at the 1999 Commonwealth Championships with partner Donald McIntosh.
Sheena Sharp is a British sport shooter.
Suma Shirur is a former Indian shooter who competed in the 10 metre air rifle event. She is a joint world record holder in the event, having scored the maximum of 400 points in the qualification round, which she achieved at the 2004 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuala Lumpur. In 2003, she was awarded the Arjuna Award by the government of India. She is currently the High Performance Coach of the Indian Jr. Rifle Shooting Team. She is also the coach of 2020 Paralympics women's SH1 10m rifle gold and women's SH1 50m 3-position rifle bronze medalist Avani Lekhara On 30 November 2022, she was conferred the Dronacharya Award by the 15th President of India, Droupadi Murmu.
Kenneth Parr is a male British sport shooter who has medalled at three Commonwealth Games. In 2016, he won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Baku.
Shirley McIntosh MBE is a retired Scottish sports shooter.
Michael Babb is a British sport shooter. He has competed for Team GB in small-bore rifle prone at two Olympics, and has been close to an Olympic medal in 2004, finishing in seventh position. Apart from his Olympic career, Babb has won a total of seven medals in a major international competition, including two silvers at the Commonwealth Games. Throughout his sporting career, Babb trains full-time under assistant head coach Kimmo Yli-Jaskari of the national team, while he shoots at Appleton Rifle Club in Warrington.
Seonaid McIntosh is a British sports shooter who became the World Champion at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the 50m Prone Rifle event. In 2019 she became Britain's most successful female rifle shooter of all time, winning five World Cup medals. She also became the first British Woman to rank World #1 for the 50m Rifle Three Position event and became European Champion in the 300m Rifle Prone event with an equal World Record score.
Swapnil Kusale is an Indian sport shooter who competes in 50 metre rifle three positions. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions event.
Christina Ashcroft is a Canadian sport shooter.
Christopher Hector is a British former sports shooter.
Johanne Brekke is a Welsh sports shooter.
The New Zealand Shooting Federation (NZSF) is the governing body for Target Shooting Sports in New Zealand. It holds responsibility for selecting and developing national teams for World Championships, as well as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.
Jenny Vatne is a Norwegian sports shooter. As of October 2023, she has won four team medals at ISSF World Championships, as well as two medals at European Shooting Championships.
Sheree Cox, later known by her married name Sheree Phelps is a female British sports shooter who won medals at the European Junior Shooting Championships and Commonwealth Youth Games, as well as representing England at two Commonwealth Games.