Philip Scanlan

{{Short description|British sports shooter}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1990 Auckland | free rifle prone pairs}}

{{MedalBronze| 1990 Auckland | free rifle prone}}

{{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | free rifle prone pairs}}

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Philip 'Phil' Scanlan is a British former sports shooter who won three Commonwealth Games medals. He was Team GB Shooting Team Leader at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/ten-shooting-athletes-selected-team-gb|title=Ten Shooting Athletes Selected to Team GB|website=Team GB}}

Sports shooting career

Scanlan represented England and won two bronze medals in the small bore rifle prone and small bore rifle prone pairs with Bob Jarvis, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}} Eight years later he won a third medal when securing a silver medal in the 50 metres free rifle prone pairs with Neil Day.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/50918|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

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