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Margaret Thomas (born 1953), is a female retired British sport shooter.
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Margaret Thomas (born 1953), is a female retired British sport shooter.
Thomas represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's 10 metre air pistol and 25 metre pistol events. [1] [2]
In September 1990 she set the current British Record in Women's 25m Pistol of 585 at Bisley in the BPC Championships. [3]
She was the BPC Women's Sport Pistol Champion in 1991 and 1992. [4]
Thomas was selected to represent England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. She won Silver in the 25m sport pistol. With Carol Page, she won Bronze medals in the pairs events for 10m air pistol and 25m sport pistol pairs. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Samaresh Jung is an Indian sport shooter. He is an air pistol specialist. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, he won two gold medals, in the men's free pistol pairs and in the open event of 25 m standard pistol pairs, both in partnership with Jaspal Rana. He contested in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m pistol events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.
Jaspal Rana is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category. He was a gold medallist at the 1994 Asian Games, 1998 Commonwealth Games - Men's Center Fire Pistol, Men's Center Fire Pistol Pairs, 2002 Commonwealth Games - Men's 25m Center Fire Pistol, 2006 Commonwealth Games - Men's 25m Center Fire Pistol Pairs, and 2006 Asian Games. At present, Rana coaches at the Jaspal Rana Institute of Education and Technology in Dehradun.
Honorary Captain Vijay Kumar Sharma, AVSM, SM is an Indian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in the individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Kumar hails from Barsar village of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh and is a retired Subedar Major in the Dogra Regiment Indian Army, who was later promoted to Honorary Captain Rank. Vijay Kumar is supported by the Olympic Gold Quest initiative. He is the only Indian to have won a medal at 25m rapid Fire Pistol. He has been posted at Indian Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) Mhow since 2003 where he is being coached by the Russian Pavel Smirnov.
Richard Wang is a male Hong Kong born athlete who has competed for Great Britain and England in sports shooting and Dragon Boat Racing.
Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat is a female athlete from India who competes in the 25 metre pistol shooting event. She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. She is the first woman to win a gold medal in shooting at the Asian Games for India – she won the gold at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games in the women's 25 metre pistol event. She won two gold medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the first of the two golds in coming in the 25 metre pistol pair event with Anisa Sayyed. She had previously won gold in the 25 metre pistol event at the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games, which were held in India.
Lalita Yauhleuskaya is a professional sporting shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney representing Belarus and currently represents Australia in international competition.
Georgina Geikie is a British sport shooter who competed for Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.
Hayley Chapman is an Australian sport shooter who represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in shooting in the 25m pistol event where she placed 34th out of 39.
Charlotte Hollands is a British sports shooter. She won her first Commonwealth Gold medal at the age of 15 at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In 2015 World Championship, she was part of the British team that won gold in the team trap event.
Michael Gault OBE, is an English sport shooter. He has competed at the Commonwealth Games on six occasions winning eighteen medals, a record for athletes in any sport that he jointly holds with Australian shooter Phillip Adams, but has never been selected for the British Olympic team. Gault also won two ISSF World Cup bronze medals whilst representing Great Britain.
Kim Eagles is a Canadian sport shooter. Eagles won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in the 10 metre air pistol event. She also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 10 metre air pistol event.
Paul Henry Francis Leatherdale is a male British former sports shooter and Olympian. He won three medals representing England at the Commonwealth Games and held British records in the Free Pistol event.
Robert 'Bob' Borsley is a male retired British sport shooter.
Nigel Ian Wallace is a male British sport shooter.
Carol Anne Page was a British sport shooter. She represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games and World and European Championship level as well as representing England at the Commonwealth Games, winning two medals in 1994.
Nicholas James Baxter is a male British sport 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.
The English Target Shooting Federation (ETSF) is the umbrella governing body for shooting sports in England. ETSF represents the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association, English Smallbore Shooting Union and the English Twenty Club. It is recognised by the UK Sports Councils; Sport England; Team England, British Shooting and others.
Julia Lydall is a British sport shooter who has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. She represented Great Britain at the 2006 World Shooting Championships in Zagreb.
Thomas, winner in 1991 and 1992, will not compete...
Carol Page and Margaret Thomas, in the pairs sport pistols, and Michael Gault and Paul Leatherdale in the pairs free pistol, added a couple of bronze medals to England's account.
Carol Page and Margaret Thomas, in the pairs sport pistols and Michael Gault and Paul Leatherdale in the pairs free pistol added a couple of bronze medals to England's account.
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