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| Birth name | Gwenllian Seren Thorne | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 2003 Haverfordwest | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | Ysgol Casblaidd, Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Haverfordwest VC High School. | |||||||||||||||||
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Gwenllian Seren Thorne (born 3 November 2003) is a British sports shooter who won two medals at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Granada. [1] She is the British Junior Women's record holder for both Qualification and Finals in the 10 metre air rifle event.
Thorne began shooting as a teenager. In 2021, she was the top ranked Welsh athlete in the British Shooting Schools Rifle Championship. [2] She placed third in the National Finals. [3]
In 2022, Seren was selected to represent Wales at the Commonwealth Shooting Federation (European Division) Championships in Cardiff. She finished 7th in the Women's Air Rifle. [4]
In December 2023, she set a new British Junior Record of 621.8 at the Welsh Airgun Championships in Cardiff. [5] [6]
In February 2024, she won a silver medal in the Air Rifle at the 2024 ISSF Junior World Cup, setting a new British Junior Finals Record. [7] [8] [9] The next day she won a bronze medal in the Air Rifle Mixed Team with teammate Aston Upton. [10] [11] At the end of February 2024, she became the British Junior Women's Champion at the British Open Airgun Championships.
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On the Saturday, in Rifle Women Junior, Seren Thorne set a new Welsh Record Score of 621.8, this score also setting a new British Record Score (subject to ratification).
Shambhavi Khshirsagar, who had qualified second, clinched bronze behind Britain's Gwenlian Thorne.
