Laetisha Scanlan
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| Nickname | Teash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1990 Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport shooter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's Trap (Olympic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Adam Vella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Laetisha Scanlan (born 13 April 1990) is an Australian sport shooter.[1] She competed in the women's trap event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal, she later went on to win gold in the same event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.
Scanlan competed in the women's trap event and also the team event with James Willett at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She missed securing a first Olympic medal by finishing in fourth place of the women's trap event.[2] Detailed results.
Laetisha started shooting in 2005 at Frankston Australia Gun Club in Victoria, Australia. She has been a part of the Australian team since 2007 and competed in her first overseas competition that same year, in Nicosia.
She attended secondary school at St Margaret's School, Melbourne and later Haileybury.
References
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "2020 Olympics". www.theroar.com.au. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
External links
- Laetisha Scanlan at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Laetisha Scanlan at Olympedia
- Laetisha Scanlan at Olympics.com
- Laetisha Scanlan at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Laetisha Scanlan at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Laetisha Scanlan at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Laetisha Scanlan at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Laetisha Scanlan at the Victorian Institute of Sport