Shirley McIntosh

Shirley McIntosh
MBE

Personal information
Birth name	Shirley Smith
Nationality	British
Born	8 July 1965 Falkirk, Scotland
Residence	Dollar, Scotland
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Sports shooting
Event(s)	10 metre air rifle 50 metre rifle three positions 50 metre rifle prone
Club	Alloa & District
Retired	September 1998
Medal record Women's shooting Competitor for  Scotland Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50m Rifle Prone Pairs 1994 Victoria 50m Rifle Prone Individual 1994 Victoria 50m Rifle Prone Pairs Commonwealth Shooting Championships 1997 Kualu Lumpur 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual

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

1. "Shirley McIntosh MBE". legacy2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
2. "Shirley McIntosh". Athlete Profile. Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
3. "Shooting Runs in the Family for Manager McIntosh". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
4. "1995 New Year's Honours". The Independent. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
5. "Women pioneers enter Sports Hall of Fame". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
6. "Sporting icons honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame". Retrieved 12 December 2015.