Shirley McIntosh explained

Shirley McIntosh
MBE
Birth Name:Shirley Smith
Nationality:British
Birth Date:8 July 1965
Birth Place:Falkirk, Scotland
Residence:Dollar, Scotland
Spouse:Donald McIntosh (1992-Present)
Country:United Kingdom
Sport:Sports shooting
Club:Alloa & District
Retired:September 1998
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Shirley McIntosh MBE (born 8 July 1965) is a retired Scottish sports shooter.[1]

Career

McIntosh won a Gold and a Silver in the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[2]

At the 1997 Commonwealth Shooting Championships she won silver in the 50metre three position rifle event.[3]

At the 1998 Commonwealth Games she won Bronze in the Women's 50 metre rifle three position pairs and Bronze in the 50m rifle prone pairs, making her the second Scottish Woman to win four Commonwealth Games medals.

McIntosh is the mother of five-times Scottish Commonwealth Games medalist Jennifer McIntosh and double Olympian Seonaid McIntosh.[4]

McIntosh was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1996 New Year Honours for services to shooting.[5]

McIntosh was inducted into the University of Edinburgh Sports Hall of Fame in 2011[6] and into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shirley McIntosh MBE . 28 December 2014 . legacy2014.
  2. Web site: Shirley McIntosh . December 2014 . Athlete Profile . . 28 December 2014.
  3. News: Canadian shooter wins gold . . . 28 November 1997 . Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . 25 . en . In the women's small-bore sport rifle 3-position shooting, Australian Carrie Quigley won with 662.6, followed by Shirley McIntosh of Scotland with 661.6..
  4. News: Shooting Runs in the Family for Manager McIntosh . 28 December 2014.
  5. United Kingdom list:
  6. News: Women pioneers enter Sports Hall of Fame . . 28 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608144648/http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/all-news/sport-310511 . June 8, 2011 . dead.
  7. News: Sporting icons honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame . . 12 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222080420/http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/news/sportscotland/2015/sporting-icons-honoured-in-scottish-sports-hall-of-fame/ . 22 December 2015 . dmy-all .