Margaret Thomas
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1953-11-25) 25 November 1953
Sport
Events
ClubMarylebone Rifle & Pistol Club
Medal record
Sports shooting
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria 25m sport pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 25m sport pistol pair
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 10m air pistol pair

Margaret Thomas (born 1953), is a female retired British sport shooter.

Sport shooting career

Thomas represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's 10 metre air pistol and 25 metre pistol events.[1][2]

In September 1990 she set the current British Record in the 25m Pistol Women Qualification Stage of 585 at Bisley in the BPC Championships.[3]

Thomas was selected to represent England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. She won Silver in the 25m sport pistol. With Carol Page, she won Bronze medals in the pairs events for 10m air pistol and 25m sport pistol pairs.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Margaret Thomas". www.issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "GBR Records" (PDF). britishshooting.org.uk. British Shooting. 8 July 2022. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 1994 Team | Team England". Team England. Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "England Victoria 1994". thecgf.org. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Margaret Thomas". thecgf.org. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019.


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