Shirley McIntosh
MBE
Personal information
Birth nameShirley Smith
NationalityBritish
Born (1965-07-08) 8 July 1965
Falkirk, Scotland
SpouseDonald McIntosh (1992-Present)
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportSports shooting
Events
ClubAlloa & District
RetiredSeptember 1998
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50m Rifle Prone Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 50m Rifle Prone Individual
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria 50m Rifle Prone Pairs
Commonwealth Shooting Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Kualu Lumpur 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual

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 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 2014 Commonwealth Games competitor Seonaid McIntosh.[3]

McIntosh was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1996 New Year Honours for services to shooting.[4]

McIntosh was inducted into the University of Edinburgh Sports Hall of Fame in 2011[5] and into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Shirley McIntosh MBE". legacy2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shirley McIntosh". Athlete Profile. Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Shooting Runs in the Family for Manager McIntosh". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ↑ United Kingdom list: "No. 54255". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 1995. p. 21.
  5. ↑ "Women pioneers enter Sports Hall of Fame". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sporting icons honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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