Steven "Steve" Scott (born 10 January 1985) is a British Olympic

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. He won a Bronze medal in the Men's Double Trap at the 2016 Olympic Games. He has won two gold medals in the same event at the Commonwealth Games. Scott was born in

Lewisham Lewisham ( ) is an area of southeast London, England, south of Charing Cross. It is the principal area of the London Borough of Lewisham, and was within the Historic counties of England, historic county of Kent until 1889. It is identified in ...

, and lives in

Battle, East Sussex Battle is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Districts of England, district of Rother District, Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south-east of London, east of Brighton and east of Lewes. Hastings is to the south- ...

Sporting career

Scott was selected to represent England at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

in Delhi. With

Stevan Walton Stevan Walton (born 23 April 1985 in Bromsgrove) is a shooter from Redditch who won a gold medal in Commonwealth Games held from 3–14 October 2010 in Delhi, India. He won, with Steven Scott Steven "Steve" Scott (born 10 J ...

, he won the men's double trap pairs event. In June 2014 at the

European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

he became European Double Trap Champion. He was selected to represent England again at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

in Glasgow, winning the individual

Double Trap Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed. The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shooti ...

event. In September he went on to win Bronze at the

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. Scott was selected to represent Team GB at the

2016 Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio de Janeiro. He won Bronze in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Steven 1985 births Living people English male sport shooters People from Lewisham Sportspeople from the London Borough of Lewisham People from Battle, East Sussex Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Great Britain Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic shooters for Great Britain Olympic medalists in shooting Commonwealth Games gold medallists in shooting Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Trap and double trap shooters 21st-century English sportsmen