Dr Irene Daw (13 February 1941 – 30 October 2010) was a British

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and Olympian. Daw represented Great Britain at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, the first Olympic Games to include

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. At the 1979

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, she won a Bronze medal as part of the Women's Air Rifle Team.

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* * 1941 births 2010 deaths British female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics ISSF rifle shooters 20th-century British women {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub