Shirley McIntosh
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Shirley Smith |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 8 July 1965 Falkirk, Scotland |
| Spouse | Donald McIntosh (1992-Present) |
| Sport | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sport | Sports shooting |
| Events | |
| Club | Alloa & District |
| Retired | September 1998 |
Medal record | |
Shirley McIntosh MBE (born 8 July 1965) is a retired Scottish sports shooter.[1]
Career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shirley McIntosh MBE". legacy2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Shirley McIntosh". Athlete Profile. Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Canadian shooter wins gold". The StarPhoenix. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Hollinger International. 28 November 1997. p. 25.
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.
- ^ "Shooting Runs in the Family for Manager McIntosh". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 54255". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 1995. p. 21.
- ^ "Women pioneers enter Sports Hall of Fame". University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Sporting icons honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame". Sport Scotland. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
External links
[edit]- Shirley McIntosh at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Shirley McIntosh at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Shirley McIntosh at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
- Scottish female sport shooters
- British female sport shooters
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Shooters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- People educated at Dollar Academy
- Sportspeople from Falkirk
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games