Charlotte Hollands ( née Kerwood, born 15 September 1986) is a British

sports 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 ...

. She won her first Commonwealth Gold medal at the age of 15 at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In 2015 World Championship, she was part of the British team that won gold in the team trap event.

Career

Kerwood was born in Cuckfield and her parents are also sports shooters, running Northall Clay Pigeon Club, where Kerwood began shooting at the age of 12. She won her first Commonwealth Gold medal at the age of 15 at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

in Manchester. In 2002, she also won the women's double trap at the Junior European Championship. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the

trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

event, but did not make the final. Her selection was controversial as she was ranked 10 places lower in the world rankings than Abbey Burton who was not selected. The selection was challenged by Burton but an independent arbiter referred the decision back to British Shooting, who remained steadfast in their original opinion. She finished in 16th place, not qualifying for the final. In 2013, Kerwood won the trap event at the World Cup Final event in Abu Dhabi, beating Jana Beckmann in the gold medal match by 11 hits to 10. It was the first time she'd reached the final of a World Cup Final event, although she had previously qualified to participate at the 2006 and 2007 World Cup Finals. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she again won the gold medal, shooting 94 out of 120 clays. At the 2015 World Championship, she was part of the British team that won gold in the team trap event. She did not reach the finals in the individual event, although she was part of a 6-person shoot-off to decide the last entrant to the finals. Unusually, she only uses one gun to shoot with, a hand-made Perazzi 12-bore shotgun. She still competes at Northall Clay Pigeon Club, and is coached by Ahmed Al Maktoum, himself an Olympic gold medallist.

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