Matthew Coward-Holley (born 14 December 1994) is a British

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 as ...

. Coward-Holley was a promising rugby player as a teenager but two serious back injuries involving broken vertebrae ended his playing. In order to remain active, he turned to shooting, a sport he had done with his father between the ages of 8 and 12 before taking up rugby. He participated at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships, where he became the first Briton to win a world title in an individual Olympic shotgun discipline. He went on to win two medals at the

2021 European Shooting Championships The 2021 European Shooting Championships were held from 22 May to 5 June 2021 in Osijek, Croatia. 1,473 athletes from 52 countries competed. Schedule Events 82 medal events: Age: 46 events in seniors and 36 events in juniors. Number: 43 ...

, including trap gold. He qualified to represent Great Britain at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, securing bronze in the men’s trap.

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* Living people 1994 births British male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Sportspeople from Chelmsford European Games competitors for Great Britain Shooters at the 2019 European Games Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain 20th-century British people 21st-century British people {{England-sport-bio-stub