Julia Lydall Explained

Julia Lydall
Birth Place:Haywards Heath
Height:170 cm
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Other Interests:Modern Pentathlon
Sport:Shooting sports
Club:British Pistol Club

Julia Lydall (born 16 May 1986) is a British sport shooter who has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. She represented Great Britain at the 2006 World Shooting Championships in Zagreb.

Early life

Lydall was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. She has a degree in quantity surveying.

Sporting career

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, Lydall won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol pairs with Georgina Geikie.[1] [2]

In 2008 with Georgina Geikie and Kathryn Pearson she set a new British Team Record for Women's Air Pistol of 1128 at the InterShoot competition in the Netherlands.[3]

She competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India. Again partnered with Geikie, the pair repeated their result at the 2006 Games by winning a bronze medal in the 25m pistol pairs with a score of 1122 points.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: English shooters bag three golds. 9 July 2012. 19 March 2006. BBC Sport.
  2. News: Shooting: pistol events. 9 July 2012. 25 March 2006. BBC Sport.
  3. News: Intershoot News . 17 November 2023 . . 29 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311160705/https://britishshooting.org.uk/article/502 . 11 March 2022 . en.
  4. News: Gorgs sets sights on London 2012 . 14 November 2023 . . . 13 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231114101336/https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/gorgs-sets-sights-on-london-2012-383642 . 14 November 2023 . en-gb.
  5. News: Shooter Georgina Geikie upbeat despite funding cut. 9 July 2012. 2 November 2010. BBC Sport.