Margaret Thomas (sport shooter)

Margaret Thomas

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1953-11-25) 25 November 1953 (age 71)
Sport
Events	10 metre air pistol 25 metre sport pistol
Club	Marylebone Rifle & Pistol Club
Medal record Sports shooting Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 25m sport pistol 1994 Victoria 25m sport pistol pair 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 Women's 25m Pistol of 585 at Bisley in the BPC Championships.^[3]

She was the BPC Women's Sport Pistol Champion in 1991 and 1992.^[4]

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.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

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. "Shooting". The Daily Telegraph. 3 September 1994. p. 25. Thomas, winner in 1991 and 1992, will not compete...
5. "Commonwealth Games 1994 Team | Team England". Team England. Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
6. "England Victoria 1994". thecgf.org. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019.
7. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019.
8. "Margaret Thomas". thecgf.org. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019.
9. Nick Robinson (20 August 1994). "Hot shots grab the medals". Manchester Evening News. p. 45. Carol Page and Margaret Thomas, in the pairs sport pistols, and Michael Gault and Paul Leatherdale in the pairs free pistol, added a couple of bronze medals to England's account.
10. Nick Robinson (21 August 1994). "Gold turns to bronze". The Observer. p. 53. Carol Page and Margaret Thomas, in the pairs sport pistols and Michael Gault and Paul Leatherdale in the pairs free pistol added a couple of bronze medals to England's account.

External links

• Margaret Thomas at the International Shooting Sport Federation