Paul Leatherdale

Paul Leatherdale

Personal information
Born	(1958-09-21) 21 September 1958 (age 66) Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Club	Marylebone Rifle & Pistol Club
Medal record Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 10m air pistol pair 1986 Edinburgh 50m free pistol pair 1994 Victoria 50m free pistol pair

Paul Henry Francis Leatherdale (born 1958) is a British former sports shooter and Olympian. He won three medals representing England at the Commonwealth Games and held British records in the Free Pistol event.

Sports shooting career

Leatherdale competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He represented England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, winning a gold medal in the 10 metre air pistol pairs with Ian Reid and a silver medal in the 50 metre free pistol pairs with Richard Wang.^[2] Four years later he represented England in the 10 metres air pistol and 50 metres free pistol events, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.^[3]

In 1993, he set the British record for Free Pistol of 572 ex600.^[4]

A third Games appearance and third medal arrived at the 1994 Commonwealth Games when he competed in the 50 metres free pistol events and won the pairs with Mick Gault.^[5][6][7][8]

References

1. "Olympic profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
3. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Gault flying high with Bisley best". Sunday Telegraph. 29 May 1994. p. 92. Mick Gault, an RAF sergeant ... produced a personal best of 570 out of 600 in the free pistol event at the National Pistol Association meeting at Bisley. His score was eight points better than the record set last year by Commonwealth Games partner Paul Leatherdale
5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. "England Victoria 1994". thecgf.org. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019.
7. 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.
8. "Gold turns to bronze". The Observer. 21 August 1994. 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.