Diane Swanton
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Nationality | Trap | ||||||||||||||
Club | Centurion Gun Club | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Tim Swanton (father) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Diane Swanton (born August 11, 1979, in
Cairo, Egypt, defeating Namibia's Gaby Ahrens.[4]
At age twenty-nine, Swanton made her official debut for the
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. "Diane Swanton". 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 originalon 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Diane Swanton". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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