Harry Creevy (born 22 May 1955) is a British sports shooter. Creevy represented Great Britain at three ISSF World Shooting Championships and 11 World Cups, as well as representing the Isle of Man at eight Commonwealth Games, multiple Commonwealth Shooting Championships and

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Career

Creevy received his first cap for the Isle of Man in 1979 and seven years later was selected to represent Mann at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

in Edinburgh. At the 1994 Victoria Games Creevy equalled the British Record of 399/400 Prone, finishing 6th in the final. This success saw his first selection for Great Britain in 1995. At the 2010 World Championships, Creevy took team Gold in the

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event with Simon Aldhouse and Tony Lincoln. In March 2011 Creevy won his first

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medal in

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, claiming an individual Bronze medal in the Men's 300 metre rifle prone after shooting 599ex600. He went on to take team Bronze at another European Cup event in May with Simon Aldhouse and Martin Scrivens. 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 ...

in Glasgow were his last. He had initially planned to retire after the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi however having qualified for the Glasgow Games, was encouraged to finish his Commonwealth Games career in Scotland, having attended his first Games in Edinburgh.

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