Zoe Bruce

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Zoe Bruce
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Full nameZoe Anne Bruce
NationalityBritish
Born (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 47)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Shooting
Event(s)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Changwon 50 m team rifle prone

Zoe Anne Bruce (born 15 October 1975) is a British sport shooter, World Championship medallist and former British record holder.

In May 2017, Bruce won the Women's 50m prone rifle at the International Shooting Competition of Hannover, setting a new British and English Record of 624.3. [1] The British record was broken less than a month later by the Scot Seonaid McIntosh, but Bruce retains the English record. [2] In July 2018, she was selected as a member of the Great Britain team to the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships where she won a bronze medal in the Women's 50m prone rifle team event with her teammates Jennifer McIntosh and Seonaid McIntosh. [3] This was the first Senior World Championship medal won by Great Britain in a 50 metre rifle event since 1982.

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