Catherine Ann Skinner (born 11 February 1990) is an Australian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such a ...

. In 2016, she became an Olympic gold medalist.

Early life

Skinner was born to Ken and Anne Skinner. She has two brothers, Andrew and Craig.

Career

Skinner won Australia's only shooting medal at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

when she won gold in the trap event. She competed in the women's trap event at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where she reached the semifinals. She competed in the women's trap event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and won a gold medal. Skinner missed out on the finals in the women's trap at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

, finishing in 8th place.

Personal life

Skinner graduated from

RMIT RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...

in 2015, with a degree in Chemical Engineering. She found her studies challenging, taking a total of eight years to complete due to the fact that she was travelling to compete. She worked at

Dow Chemical The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastics ...

for three months in 2017.

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* 1990 births Australian female sport shooters Living people Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic shooters for Australia Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Universiade medalists in shooting FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Universiade silver medalists for Australia Universiade bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian people Sportswomen from Victoria (state) RMIT University alumni {{Australia-sportshooting-bio-stub