Sheree Cox Explained

Sheree Cox
Birth Name:Sheree Cox
Birth Date:23 July 1990
Birth Place:Ashford, England
Height:1.67 m
Weight:65 kg
Spouse:David Phelps
Country:United Kingdom
Sport:Shooting
Club:Hounslow & District Rifle Club
Retired:2016
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Sheree Cox (born 1990), later known by her married name Sheree Phelps is a female British sports shooter who won a medal at the European Junior Shooting Championships, as well as representing England at two Commonwealth Games.

Personal life

Sheree Cox was born in Ashford, Middlesex in 1990. Coming from a family of target shooters,[1] she learned to shoot at Hounslow Rifle Club. She married fellow GB target shooter David Phelps in 2014.[2]

Sporting career

In 2008 Cox was selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India where she won two medals.[3] She was then selected to the GB squad to the European Junior Championships in Plzeň where she won a silver medal with Kay Copland and Nikki Sammels in the 50-metre Prone Rifle team event.[4]

She was selected to represent England for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.[5] At the Commonwealth Shooting Championships ahead of the Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Air Rifle Team event.

She was selected again for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[6] [7] [8] She placed 15th in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event and 16th in the 50metre Three-Position event.

Post-Sporting Career

Following the 2014 Glasgow Games, Cox trained in sports massage, practicing in South Wales.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Clive Youlton . Sheree Cox shoots for Olympics squad spot . 16 November 2023 . SurreyLive . Reach . 16 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020120323/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/other-sport/sheree-cox-shoots-olympics-squad-4811804 . 20 October 2020 . en . On the Jaguar Rising Star programme, Cox represents the fourth generation of her family to compete in the British squad..
  2. News: Commonwealth shooters on target as they tie the knot . Jenny Stanton . 16 November 2023 . SurreyLive . Reach . 30 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140831175236/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/sheree-cox-who-represented-britain-7693135 . 31 August 2014 . en.
  3. News: Tim Street . Hounslow shooter bags Commonwealth Games place . 16 November 2023 . MyLondon . Reach . 25 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201204205230/https://www.mylondon.news/sport/other-sport/hounslow-shooter-bags-commonwealth-games-7031779 . 4 December 2020 . en.
  4. News: European Silver for Junior Women's Prone Team . 16 November 2023 . British Shooting News . . 10 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311155611/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/549 . 11 March 2022 . en.
  5. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2010 Team . Team England . . 16 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522022320/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/delhi-2010/athletes . 22 May 2022 . en . live.
  6. News: Clive Youlton . Cox gets a shot at Commonwealth Games glory . 16 November 2023 . SurreyLive . Reach . 18 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619215136/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cox-gets-shot-commonwealth-games-7289495 . 19 June 2014 . en . live.
  7. News: Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: England's team . 16 November 2023 . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 24 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231116102953/https://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/27811984 . 16 November 2023 . en-gb.
  8. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2014 Team . Team England . . 16 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190903051820/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/glasgow-2014/athletes . 3 September 2019 . en . live.
  9. News: Jack Davies . Commonwealth Athlete to Open Massage Therapy Clinic in Tongwynlais . 16 November 2023 . Tongwynlais.com . 11 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812044011/https://tongwynlais.com/2016/08/11/commonwealth-athlete-to-open-massage-therapy-clinic-in-tongwynlais/ . 12 August 2016 . en.
  10. Web site: About . Podium Therapies . 16 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220813112644/https://podiumtherapies.co.uk/about . 13 August 2022 . en . live.