Diane Swanton (born August 11, 1979 in Pretoria) is a South African sport shooter.[1] She won the gold medal for trap shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, with a games record of 72 points.[2][3] Swanton also received a qualifying place for the Olympics by capturing the gold in the same category at the 2007 ISSF African Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, defeating Namibia's Gaby Ahrens.[4]
At age twenty-nine, Swanton made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in women's trap shooting. She placed seventeenth out of twenty shooters in the qualifying rounds, behind Great Britain's Charlotte Kerwood by one target, with a total score of 57 points.[5]
Swanton is also a member of Centurion Gun Club in Centurion, and is coached and trained by her father Tim Swanton.[6]
References
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^Staff (21 March 2006). "Pretoria shooter wins SA's seventh Games gold medal". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^"Shooters' Steady Bead on Beijing Medal". GSport. 3 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^"Namibia scoops silver shooting medal". Informante. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^"Diane Swanton". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
External links
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