Nationality British Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Country United Kingdom | Residence Edinburgh Weight 51 kg (112 lb) Sport Shooting sport | |
Born 15 March 1996 (age 21) ( 1996-03-15 ) Edinburgh, Scotland Events 10 meter air rifle, 50 meter rifle three positions, 50 meter rifle prone | ||
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Seonaid McIntosh (born 15 March 1996) is a British sports shooter. McIntosh is the daughter of four-times Commonwealth Games medalist Shirley McIntosh and younger sister of British Olympic Shooter Jennifer McIntosh.
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Career
Seonaid shot at school and club level and did not harbour international ambitions until sister Jennifer's success at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and attendance at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Whilst a pupil at Dollar Academy she was a member of the school's winning 2013 team in the NRA's Ashburton Shield, as well as individually winning the School's Hundred that year.
After beginning training in earnest in November 2012, she placed 11th in the Junior Women's 50 Metre Prone Rifle at the ISSF World Shooting Championships - her first major international. At the 2015 10M European Championships in Arnhem she won Silver in the Junior Women's 10 metre Air Rifle, making her the first British Junior in 35 years to medal at a European Championship, and setting a new British Under-21s Record.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the 10 metre air rifle event.
Seonaid is currently enrolled on the GB Academy Programme, working towards Tokyo 2020.