Seonaid McIntosh

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| honorific-suffix = OLY

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| nickname = Mini Mac

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| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| education = Dollar Academy, University of Edinburgh,

Heriot-Watt University and University of Strathclyde

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| club = Alloa & District

| coach = Donald McIntosh

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Seonaid McIntosh (born 15 March 1996) is a British sports shooter who became the World Champion at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the 50m Prone Rifle event.{{cite web |url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHGBRW1503199601 |title = ISSF Athlete Profile |publisher=International Shooting Sports Federation |accessdate=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823184432/http://issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHGBRW1503199601 |archive-date=23 August 2016}}{{cite news |title=World Shooting Championships: GB's Seonaid McIntosh wins 50m rifle prone gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/45419355 |accessdate=5 September 2018 |agency=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=5 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905120027/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/45419355 |archivedate=5 September 2018}} In 2019 she became Britain's most successful female rifle shooter of all time, winning five World Cup medals (including the first World Cup Gold to be won by a British Woman). She also became the first British Woman to rank World #1 for the 50m Rifle Three Position event and became European Champion in the 300m Rifle Prone event with an equal World Record score.

McIntosh is the daughter of four-times Commonwealth Games medallist Shirley McIntosh and sport shooter Donald McIntosh. She is the younger sister of British Olympian Jennifer McIntosh. In 2017 she won the Women's 3x20 Rifle event at the 2017 European Shooting Championships in Baku, becoming European Champion. Sister Jennifer had also won the Women's 50m Prone Rifle earlier in the week, becoming European Champion in that event.{{cite web|title=Women's 3x20 – 2017 European Championships|url=https://results.sius.com/ShootEvent.aspx?Championship=5056b773-6d27-4b98-b2b4-83bd74257fa5&ShootEvent=STR3X20W|website=Sius Ascor Results Service|publisher=Sius Ascor|accessdate=27 July 2017|date=27 July 2017}}{{cite news|title=Seonaid McIntosh emulates sister with European Shooting Championships gold|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/40741956|accessdate=27 July 2017|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC|date=27 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727122210/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/40741956|archivedate=27 July 2017|language=English}}

Education

McIntosh attended Dollar Academy.

She completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, before completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in 2021. In 2022 McIntosh graduated with a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde.

Shooting Career

Seonaid shot at school (Dollar Academy) and club level and did not harbour international ambitions until sister Jennifer's success at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and attendance at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Whilst a pupil at Dollar Academy she was a member of the school's winning team in the NRA's 2013 Ashburton Shield competition,{{cite web |url=http://www.nra.org.uk/common/files/results/imperial/2013/704.pdf |title=Ashburton Shield Prizelist 2013 |date=21 July 2013 |accessdate=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717124516/http://www.nra.org.uk/common/files/results/imperial/2013/704.pdf |archive-date= 17 July 2013}} as well as individually winning the School's Hundred that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.nra.org.uk/common/files/results/imperial/2013/735.pdf |title=Schools Hundred Prizelist 2013 |date=30 October 2013 |accessdate=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017153156/http://www.nra.org.uk/common/files/results/imperial/2013/735.pdf |archive-date= 17 October 2016}}

After beginning training in earnest in November 2012, she placed 11th in the Junior Women's 50 Metre Prone Rifle at the ISSF World Shooting Championships – her first major international. At the 2015 10M European Championships in Arnhem she won Silver in the Junior Women's 10 metre Air Rifle,{{cite web |url=http://www.esc-shooting.org/u/calendar_result/2015/03/resultbook_ech_arnhem_2015.pdf |title=ECH Arnhem 2015 Results Booklet |accessdate=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307044557/http://www.esc-shooting.org/u/calendar_result/2015/03/resultbook_ech_arnhem_2015.pdf |archive-date= 7 March 2016}} making her the first British Junior in 35 years to medal at a European Championship, and setting a new British Under-21s Record.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the 10 metre air rifle event, placing 19th.{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1026716/s_mcintosh.html |title=Glasgow 2014: Seonaid McIntosh |accessdate=17 October 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810222251/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1026716/s_mcintosh.html |archive-date=10 August 2014}}

In November 2017, Seonaid was selected for Scotland's team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games{{cite web|title=ST ANDREWS DAY SEES TEAM SCOTLAND ANNOUNCEMENT ON SHOOTING TEAM FOR GOLD COAST 2018|url=http://www.scottishtargetshooting.co.uk/sts-news/2017/12/4/test|website=Scottish Target Shooting|accessdate=9 April 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409154719/http://www.scottishtargetshooting.co.uk/sts-news/2017/12/4/test|archivedate=9 April 2018|date=4 December 2017|url-status=dead}} At the Games she qualified in the 10m Air Rifle in 7th place, placing 5th in the Final.{{cite web|title=Results – Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/shooting/results-women-s-10m-air-rifle-qual-000100-.htm|website=Gold Coast 2018|publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation|accessdate=9 April 2018|date=9 April 2018}}{{cite web|title=Results – Women's 10m Air Rifle Final|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/shooting/results-women-s-10m-air-rifle-fnl-000100-.htm|website=Gold Coast 2018|publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation|accessdate=9 April 2018|date=9 April 2018}} In the 50m Prone Rifle she won the Bronze medal, and in the 50m Rifle Three Positions qualified 6th, working up to win the Bronze medal in the Final.{{cite news|title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Seonaid McIntosh wins bronze in women's 50m rifle prone|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43735462|accessdate=13 April 2018|agency=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=12 April 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413071042/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43735462|archivedate=13 April 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Commonwealth Games: Kirsty Barr among four home nations medallists|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43749155|accessdate=13 April 2018|agency=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=13 April 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413093935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43749155|archivedate=13 April 2018|url-status=dead}}

As of 2016 was Seonaid enrolled on the British Shooting World Class Performance Programme,{{cite web |url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/world-class/sub=GBAP_Profiles |title=GB Academy Programme – Rifle And Pistol |accessdate=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017145852/http://britishshooting.org.uk/world-class/sub=GBAP_Profiles |archive-date=17 October 2016}} working towards Tokyo 2020.

At the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, McIntosh won the Women's Prone 50m Rifle event becoming World Champion, she went on to place fourth in the Women's 3x40 Rifle, earning a Quota Place for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

In May 2019 McIntosh won a Silver medal at the Munich leg of the 2019 ISSF World Cup in the Women's 3x40 Rifle event, earning herself a place at the World Cup Final. She was not allocated an Olympic Quota Place however having already won one at the World Championships. This was the first Rifle World Cup Medal a GB shooter had won since Kenneth Parr won a Silver Medal for Prone in the 2016 ISSF World Cup, and the first Women's medal since Louise Minett won a Silver in 10m Air Rifle at the 1999 Atlanta World Cup.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49503034|title=Seonaid McIntosh wins air rifle silver at ISSF World Cup|date=2019-08-28|access-date=2019-08-29|language=en-GB}}

In August at the Rio de Janeiro leg of the World Cup McIntosh won Silver in the Women's 10m Air Rifle.{{cite news |title=Seonaid McIntosh wins air rifle silver at ISSF World Cup |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49503034 |accessdate=26 September 2019 |agency=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=28 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921070006/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49503034 |archivedate=21 September 2019}} She went on to win Gold in the Women's 3x40 Rifle, becoming the first British Woman to win a World Cup Gold Medal.{{cite news |title=Shooting: GB's Seonaid McIntosh wins second World Cup medal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49538381 |accessdate=26 September 2019 |agency=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=31 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921002926/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49538381#sa-link_location=TEMP&intlink_from_url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20190922064132%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fshooting&intlink_ts=1569490146768-sa |archivedate=21 September 2019}} This result moved her from fourth to first in the ISSF World Rankings for Three Position Rifle in the September 2019 Rankings, making her the first British Woman to be ranked World #1.

At the European Championships in September 2019 Seonaid won Bronze in the 50m Prone Rifle Mixed Team (Pairs) event with teammate Kenneth Parr.{{cite news |title=GB win double bronze at shooting European Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49735766 |accessdate=26 September 2019 |agency=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=17 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926091433/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49735766 |archivedate=26 September 2019}} She went on to win Gold in the 300m Prone Rifle, equalling the World Record with a score of 599(ex600).{{cite web |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/1640 |title=Seonaid wins Euro gold |website=British Shooting |accessdate=26 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190926091511/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/1640 |archivedate=26 September 2019 |date=24 September 2019}}{{cite news |title=Seonaid McIntosh wins gold at European Shooting Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49813179 |accessdate=26 September 2019 |agency=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=24 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925130509/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49813179 |archivedate=25 September 2019}}

McIntosh was studying for an MSc Performance Psychology at the University of Edinburgh when the British teams were announced for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.{{Cite web|date=2023-05-22|title=Student selected for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympic Games|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/sport/news/seonaid-mcintosh-tokyo-140121|lang=en}} In addition to McIntosh's inclusion on this team, the other British women shooters bound for Tokyo were Olympian Kirsty Hegarty (women’s Olympic trap) and Paralympians Lorraine Lambert,{{Cite web|date=2021-01-13|title='Full steam ahead': Team GB confident Olympics will go ahead – and with fans|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan/13/time-is-on-our-side-team-gb-confident-tokyo-olympics-will-go-ahead|access-date=2021-07-17|website=the Guardian|language=en}} Issy Bailey and Lesley Stewart.{{Cite web|date=6 July 2021|title=Lesley Stewart added to ParalympicsGB shooting team for Tokyo 2020|url=https://www.paralympics.org.uk/articles/lesley-stewart-added-to-paralympicsgb-shooting-team-for-toky|access-date=17 July 2021|website=Paralympics.org.uk}}{{Cite news|title=ParalympicsGB squad for Tokyo 2020|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/57099415|access-date=2021-07-17}}

In February 2023, McIntosh won the 10m Air Rifle event at the second stage of the 2023 ISSF World Cup in Cairo.{{cite web |title=Rifle Finals at the WC R&P in Cairo, EGY |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=3950 |website=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222151806/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=3950 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |language=English |date=21 February 2023 |url-status=live}} This made her the first British athlete to win a World Cup Gold Medal in the air rifle event. Her qualification score of 634.0 was a Personal Best and new British Record.{{cite web |title=GOLD MEDAL: Seonaid Secures First Ever GB Rifle World Cup Gold |url=https://www.nsra.co.uk/index.php/news/shooting-news/3918-gold-medal-seonaid-secures-first-ever-gb-rifle-world-cup-gold |website=National Small-bore Rifle Association |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222151838/https://www.nsra.co.uk/index.php/news/shooting-news/3918-gold-medal-seonaid-secures-first-ever-gb-rifle-world-cup-gold |archive-date=22 February 2023 |language=English |date=22 February 2023 |url-status=live}}

In March 2023 she won silver at the European 10Metre Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. This earned British Shooting a quota place to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.{{cite news |title=European silver earns Seonaid McIntosh 2024 Olympic spot |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/64932210 |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=12 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313021908/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/64932210 |archive-date=13 March 2023 |language=English}}{{cite web |title=Double Silver on Super Saturday |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2832 |website=British Shooting |access-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313102659/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2832 |archive-date=13 March 2023 |language=English |date=11 March 2023 |url-status=live}}

In May 2023 she won a gold medal in the 50M Three Position event at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, setting a world record.{{cite web |title=McIntosh overcomes identity crisis to return to top of shooting |url=https://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/23692303.mcintosh-overcomes-identity-crisis-return-top-shooting/ |website=The Herald Series |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=en |date=1 August 2023 }}{{cite web |title=Seonaid Wins World Cup Gold in Baku |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2849 |website=British Shooting |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518201801/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2849 |archive-date=18 May 2023 |language=en-gb |date=18 May 2023 |url-status=live}} In June she won a Bronze medal in the Three Position event at the 3rd European Games in Poland.{{cite news |title=European Games 2023: Caden Cunningham and Ross Haslam lead golden day for Great Britain |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/66022943 |access-date=3 July 2023 |work=BBC Sport |date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626221534/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/66022943 |archive-date=26 June 2023 |language=en-GB}} Her qualification score of 591 was a new British record.{{cite web |title=A Double Bronze Day for Team GB at the European Games! |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2862 |website=British Shooting |access-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703114318/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2862 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |language=en-gb |date=26 June 2023 |url-status=live}}

At the 2024 ISSF World Cup in Cairo, McIntosh won gold in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Pairs with teammate Dean Bale, scoring 10.9 on her final shot.{{cite news |title=McIntosh shows perfect composure to earn historic 10m air rifle mixed team gold for Britain at Cairo World Cup |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4168 |access-date=1 February 2024 |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127222942/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4168 |archive-date=27 January 2024 |language=en}} In the 50m Three Position Rifle, she won gold at three of the four World Cup matches (Cairo, Baku 2 and Munich), placing fourth at the first Baku event.{{cite news |title=Mammoth score earns McIntosh women's 50m rifle 3 positions gold at Cairo World Cup as Aufrere's final slip hands men's title to Privratsky |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4175 |access-date=1 February 2024 |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131185026/https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4175 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=McIntosh lays down Paris 2024 marker with Munich World Cup win and Halvorsen earns men's gold |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4319 |website=ISSF News |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=en |date=7 June 2024 }}{{cite news |author1=Paul Eddison |title=Seonaid: 'I'm in a better place and Ready for Olympics' |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald-herald-sport/20240525/281694029901166 |work=The Herald |date=25 May 2024 |language=en}}

At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, she finished 26th in the Mixed Team Air Rifle paired with Mike Bargeron, 37th in the Women's Air Rifle and 12th in the Women's Three-Position Rifle.{{cite web |title=McINTOSH Seonaid |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/seonaid-mcintosh_1904438 |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=en }}

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Women (ISSF)

References

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{{ISSF}}
[https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/profile/123 Seonaid McIntosh] at British Shooting
{{Team GB}}
{{Team Scotland|shirley-mcintosh}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|shooting/athlete-profile-n6028051-seonaid-mcintosh}}
{{2015 European Games profile|mcintosh-seonaid-1041634}}
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