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Julia Lydall (born 16 May 1986) is a British sport shooter who has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. She represented Great Britain at the 2006 World Shooting Championships in Zagreb.
Early life
Lydall was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. She has a degree in quantity surveying.[1]
Sporting career
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, Lydall won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol pairs with Georgina Geikie.[2][3]
In 2008 with Georgina Geikie and Kathryn Pearson she set a new British Team Record for Women's Air Pistol of 1128 at the InterShoot competition in the Netherlands.[4]
She competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India. Again partnered with Geikie, the pair repeated their result at the 2006 Games by winning a bronze medal in the 25m pistol pairs with a score of 1122 points.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Julia Lydall". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "English shooters bag three golds". BBC Sport. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Shooting: pistol events". BBC Sport. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Intershoot News". British Shooting. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Gorgs sets sights on London 2012". Tavistock Times Gazette. Tindle Newspapers. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Shooter Georgina Geikie upbeat despite funding cut". BBC Sport. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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