Philip 'Phil' Scanlan is a British former sports shooter who won three Commonwealth Games medals. He was

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Shooting Team Leader at the

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Sports shooting career

Scanlan represented

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and won two

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s in the small bore rifle prone and small bore rifle prone pairs with Bob Jarvis, at the

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. Eight years later he won a third medal when securing a

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in the 50 metres free rifle prone pairs with

Neil Day Neil Day (born 1965) is a male retired British sport shooter. Sport shooting career He represented England and won a silver medal in the 50 metres rifle prone (pair) with Philip Scanlan, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ...

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* * 1957 births Living people British male sport shooters Shooters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Winners of the Earl Roberts Memorial Challenge Cup {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub