Shirley McIntosh

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Shirley McIntosh
MBE
Personal information
Birth name Shirley Smith
Nationality British
Born (1965-07-08) 8 July 1965 (age 59)
Falkirk, Scotland
Residence Dollar, Scotland
Sport
Country United Kingdom
Sport Sports shooting
Event(s)
Club Alloa & District
Retired September 1998

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 1995 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

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