Sheena Sharp
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Nationality | British |
Born | Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | 13 April 1953
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Country | United Kingdom |
Sport | Shooting sport |
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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. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Sharp and Jackson went one better and won gold in the same event. Sharp also won a second gold in the 50 m rifle prone singles event.[2]
References
- ^ "Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association Hall of Fame: Sharp". Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. October 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "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)
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire
- Scottish female sport shooters
- British female sport shooters
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Shooters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- British sport shooting biography stubs