Sheena Sharp

Sheena Sharp
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1953-04-13) 13 April 1953 (age 73)
Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportShooting sport
Events
Club
  • Huntly
  • Bon Accord
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Melbourne50 m rifle prone singles
Gold medal – first place2006 Melbourne50 m rifle prone pairs
Silver medal – second place2002 Manchester50 m rifle prone pairs
Updated on 4 September 2012

Sheena Sharp (born 13 April 1953) is a British sport shooter. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Prone Rifle events.

Career

Sharp started first shooting at the age of 11 before stopping at 16. Picking up the sport again over 20 years later, she progressed quickly and soon earn selection first with the Scottish and then the Great Britain team.

Attending her first Commonwealth Games in 2002, she won silver in the 50m rifle prone pairs partnering with Susan Jackson. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Sharp and Jackson went one better and won gold in the same event. Sharp also won a second gold in the 50m rifle prone singles event.

In 2018, she reached 150 caps for Scotland.

In 2019, it was announced that a street in Huntly would be named "Sheena Sharp Drive" in her honour.

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association Hall of Fame: Sharp". Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. October 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Wales lead British clean sweep". The Daily Telegraph. 31 July 2002. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Kieran Beattie (16 December 2019). "Aberdeenshire sharp shooter Sheena Sharp could have street named after her in Huntly". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  4. ↑ John Barry (21 July 2002). "Other News - Shooting". The Daily Telegraph. p. S2. Retrieved 28 December 2023. Ceri Dallimore and Joanne Brekke beat off a sustained challenge by the Scottish pair of Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson in the women's 50m prone rifle, to take Wales' first gold medal of the Games. England's Helen Vincent and Linda Smallbone took bronze.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games - Medal Results". The Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network Inc. 31 July 2002. p. F5. ISSN 0832-1299. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Game in brief - Home fires burning". The Independent. 19 March 2006. p. 72. ISSN 1741-9743. Retrieved 28 December 2023. Chris Hector and Mike Babb took the first of England's five gold medals yesterday as they won the men's 50m prone pairs. In the women's equivalent, Scotland took gold through Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, who edged England's Sharon Lee and Helen Spittles.
  7. ↑ "Sheena Sharp". Athlete Profile. Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Scotland medal winners". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 March 2006. Archived from the original on 15 May 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Commonwealth Games day seven review". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 April 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "It's gold No2 for Sharp shooter". Daily Record. MGN Ltd. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  11. ↑ David McCarthy (23 March 2006). "Shooting: GRANNY GET YOUR GUN; COMMONWEALTH GAMES Kids' texts fire Sheena to second shooting gold". Daily Record (in Rundi). MGN Ltd. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  12. ↑ Oliver Barsby (9 July 2018). "Sheena Sharp Reaches Landmark 150 Caps for Scotland". scottishtargetshooting.co.uk. Scottish Target Shooting. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  13. ↑ Kieran Beattie (18 December 2019). "North-east street to be named after gold medallist Sheena Sharp". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. Retrieved 18 March 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)