Sheena Sharp (born 13 April 1953) is a British

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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. Attending her first

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in 2002, she won silver in the 50 m rifle prone pairs partnering with Susan Jackson. At the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

, 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.

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The 50m ISSF Championships
Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association * * 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 gold medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games silver medallists in shooting Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games People from Torphins Winners of the Earl Roberts Memorial Challenge Cup 20th-century Scottish sportswomen {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub