Matthew Coward-Holley
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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chelmsford, England | 14 December 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Coward-Holley (born 14 December 1994)[1] is a British sport shooter.
Coward-Holley was a promising rugby player as a teenager but two serious back injuries involving broken vertebrae ended his playing. In order to remain active, he turned to shooting, a sport he had done with his father between the ages of 8 and 12 before taking up rugby.[2]
He participated at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships, where he became the first Briton to win a world title in an individual Olympic shotgun discipline.[3] He went on to win two medals at the 2021 European Shooting Championships, including trap gold.[4]
He has qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics, securing bronze in the men’s trap.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "Athlete Profiles | MATT COWARD-HOLLEY". British Shooting. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Broken back to GB Olympic medal favourite". 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Coward-Holley crowned Olympic Trap world champion in Lonato". Eurosport. Sportsbeat. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "European Shooting Championships: Matthew Coward-Holley & Charlotte Hollands win silver". BBC Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Matthew Coward-Holley leads British shooting team for Tokyo 2020". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Coward-Holley wins shooting bronze" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1994 births
- British male sport shooters
- Trap and double trap shooters
- Sportspeople from Chelmsford
- European Games competitors for Great Britain
- Shooters at the 2019 European Games
- Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- English sportspeople stubs