| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 27, 1964 Aberdeen, Scotland [1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sport | Shooting |
Medal record | |
Shona Marshall (born 27 June 1964) [2] is a Scottish sport shooter.
Marshall won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the women's trap singles event. [3] She also competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games. [4]
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men's and women's medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men.
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held in Melbourne, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006. It was the fourth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games. It was also the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.
The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), currently known as Commonwealth Sport, is the international organisation responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games, and is governing body of the Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA). The headquarters of CGF are located in London, England.
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Peter Michael Jory is a British sport shooter from the island of Guernsey.
Bids for Commonwealth Games is the process where Commonwealth Games Associations select from within their national territory cities to put forward bids to host a Commonwealth Games. Since the creation of the Commonwealth Games Federation in 1932, which successfully appropriated the name of the Inter-Empire Championships to create a modern sporting event for the members of the Commonwealth, interested cities have rivalled for selection as host of the Commonwealth Games.
Johanne Brekke is a Welsh sports shooter.
Ceri Dallimore is a Welsh sport shooter.
Wen Chean Lim is a Malaysian rhythmic gymnast.
Durratun Nashihin Rosli is a Malaysian rhythmic gymnast.
Siti Noor Amarina Ruhani is a field hockey player from Malaysia.
