Sheena Sharp

Sheena Sharp

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 72) Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Shooting sport
Events	50 metre rifle prone 10 metre air rifle 50 metre rifle three positions
Club	Huntly Bon Accord
Medal record Women's shooting Representing   Scotland Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 50 m rifle prone singles 2006 Melbourne 50 m rifle prone pairs 2002 Manchester 50 m rifle prone pairs
Updated on 4 September 2012

Sheena Sharp (born 13 April 1953) is a British sport shooter.

Career

Sharp started first shooting at the age of 11 before stopping at 16. Picking up the sport again over 20 years later, she progressed quickly and soon earn selection first with the Scottish and then the Great Britain team. ^[1]

Attending her first Commonwealth Games in 2002, she won silver in the 50 m rifle prone pairs partnering with Susan Jackson. ^{[2] [3]} At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Sharp and Jackson went one better and won gold in the same event. ^[4] Sharp also won a second gold in the 50 m rifle prone singles event. ^[5]

References

1. "Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association Hall of Fame: Sharp". Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. October 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
2. John Barry (21 July 2002). "Other News - Shooting". The Daily Telegraph . p. S2. Retrieved 28 December 2023. Ceri Dallimore and Joanne Brekke beat off a sustained challenge by the Scottish pair of Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson in the women's 50m prone rifle, to take Wales' first gold medal of the Games. England's Helen Vincent and Linda Smallbone took bronze.
3. "Commonwealth Games - Medal Results". The Vancouver Sun . Postmedia Network Inc. 31 July 2002. p. F5. ISSN   0832-1299 . Retrieved 28 December 2023.
4. "Game in brief - Home fires burning". The Independent . 19 March 2006. p. 72. ISSN   1741-9743 . Retrieved 28 December 2023. Chris Hector and Mike Babb took the first of England's five gold medals yesterday as they won the men's 50m prone pairs. In the women's equivalent, Scotland took gold through Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, who edged England's Sharon Lee and Helen Spittles.
5. "Sheena Sharp". Athlete Profile. Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

External links

• The 50m ISSF Championships, Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association
• Sheena Sharp at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Sheena Sharp at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)