Seonaid McIntosh
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
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15 March 1996 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Edinburgh | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting sport | ||||||||||||
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| Club | Alloa & District | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Donald McIntosh | ||||||||||||
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Seonaid McIntosh (born 15 March 1996) is a British sports shooter.[1] McIntosh is the daughter of four-times Commonwealth Games medalist Shirley McIntosh and younger sister of British Olympic Shooter Jennifer McIntosh.
Career
Seonaid shot at school and club level and did not harbour international ambitions until sister Jennifer's success at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and attendance at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Whilst a pupil at Dollar Academy she was a member of the school's winning 2013 team in the NRA's Ashburton Shield,[2] as well as individually winning the School's Hundred that year.[3]
After beginning training in earnest in November 2012, she placed 11th in the Junior Women's 50 Metre Prone Rifle at the ISSF World Shooting Championships - her first major international. At the 2015 10M European Championships in Arnhem she won Silver in the Junior Women's 10 metre Air Rifle,[4] making her the first British Junior in 35 years to medal at a European Championship, and setting a new British Under-21s Record.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the 10 metre air rifle event.[5]
Seonaid is currently enrolled on the GB Academy Programme,[6] working towards Tokyo 2020.
References
- ↑ "ISSF Athlete Profile". International Shooting Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "Ashburton Shield Prizelist 2013" (PDF). 21 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "Schools Hundred Prizelist 2013" (PDF). 30 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "ECH Arnhem 2015 Results Booklet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014: Seonaid McIntosh". Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "GB Academy Programme - Rifle And Pistol". Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.