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| Born | 15 February 1981 Aberdeen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1996–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Bon Accord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Donald McIntosh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil Stirton (born 1981) is a British sport shooter. [1]
Stirton has held a number of Scottish and British shooting records. In the 2005 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships (the test event for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games), Stirton won Silver in the 50M Rifle Prone Pairs partnering with Martin Sinclair. [2] The pair went on to win Silver in the same event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [3] Partnering with Jonathan Hammond at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Stirton won Gold in the Prone Pairs,[ citation needed ] and Bronze in the 50M Rifle 3 Positions Pairs.[ citation needed ]
In 2008, Stirton won the silver medal in the 50M Prone Rifle at the Munich World Cup, [1] where he shot a career personal best and British record of 599 in the Qualification stage. His Silver medal position qualified him for the 2008 World Cup Final where he finished twelfth.
Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur. Her father Ravindra Sawant was an officer in the Indian Navy.
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.
Matthew Thomson is a 50 m Rifle shooter who won two gold medals at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships. He won gold for the Junior Men's Prone competition with a score of 593 and also led the British Junior Men's team to its first gold in 24 years.
The Aberdeen University Rifle Club is one of four student rifle clubs competing in the Scottish Student Sport Rifle Competition Circuit. The club currently trains with Robert Gordon's University Rifle Club.
James Charles Huckle is an English sport shooter, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won three gold medals at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in India and at the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won a total of four medals, two silver and two bronze.
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.
David Phelps is a Welsh sport shooter, who won Gold in the 50 meter rifle prone individual competition and Bronze in the corresponding pairs event for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He went on to win individual Gold in the event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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.
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.
Louise Minett, later known by her married name Louise Richards is a female British sports shooter who won 6 medals whilst representing England at the Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at multiple ISSF World Cups, World Shooting Championships and ESC European Shooting Championships.
Diana Valerie Cabrera is a Uruguayan-Canadian sports shooter.
Christopher Hector is a British former sports shooter.
Kay Copland is a Scottish sport shooter.
British Shooting is the national governing body for ISSF shooting sport disciplines in the United Kingdom. The organisation serves as a single shooting body to receive public funding from UK Sport and Sport England, administer high performance squads and talent pathways as well as serve as the member body for shooting sports with organisations such as the British Olympic Association and ISSF.
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.
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