Sheree Cox

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Sheree Cox
Personal information
Birth nameSheree Cox
Born (1990-07-16) 16 July 1990 (age 34) [1]
Ashford, England
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spouse David Phelps
Website podiumtherapies.co.uk
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
Sport Shooting
Events
ClubHeston & Hounslow Rifle Club
Retired2016
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
European Junior Shooting Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Plzeň 50m Rifle Prone Team
Representing Flag of England.svg England
Commonwealth Shooting Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi 10m Air Rifle Team
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Pune 50m Rifle 3-Position
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Pune 50m Rifle Prone

Sheree Cox (born 16 July 1990), 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.

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Personal life

Sheree Cox was born in Ashford, Middlesex in 1990. Coming from a family of target shooters, [2] she learned to shoot at Heston & Hounslow Rifle Club. She married fellow GB target shooter David Phelps in 2014. [3] [4]

Sporting career

In 2008 Cox was selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India where she won gold in the women's 50m 3-position rifle and bronze in the prone rifle event. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] She was then selected to the GB squad to the European Junior Championships in Plzeň where she won a silver medal with Kay Copland and Nikki Sammels in the 50-metre Prone Rifle team event. [10]

In January 2009 she competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, winning silver in the 50m 3-position rifle event. [11] She went on to win three golds and set a British Junior Record for air rifle at the 2009 InterShoot meeting in the Netherlands. [11]

Cox was selected to represent England in 10metre air rifle at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. [12] At the Commonwealth Shooting Championships ahead of the Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Air Rifle Team event.

She was selected again for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [13] [14] [15] She placed 15th in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event and 16th in the 50metre Three-Position event. [16]

Post-Sporting Career

Following the 2014 Glasgow Games, Cox trained in sports massage, practicing in South Wales. [17] [18]

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References

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  9. ↑ "The Jaguar Academy Of Sport Announces Its Inaugural Bursary Awards". Jaguar Media Newsroom. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024. Sheree has been shooting for the past 7 years. She quickly joined the GB Junior rifle squad and gained her first major selection at the 2008 Commonwealth games where she brought back two medals. She has also won a Silver Medal at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympics.
  10. ↑ "European Silver for Junior Women's Prone Team". British Shooting News. British Shooting. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 "SHOOTING Sheree's a real sharp-shooter". My London. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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  17. ↑ Jack Davies (11 August 2016). "Commonwealth Athlete to Open Massage Therapy Clinic in Tongwynlais". Tongwynlais.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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