Georgina Geikie (born 6 December 1984) is a British

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who competed for Great Britain in the

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. She has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.

Early life

Geikie was born in

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. She studied for a degree in Product Design at

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Sporting Career

At the

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held in

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, Australia, Geikie teamed up with Julia Lydall to win the bronze medal in the women's 10 meters air pistol pairs behind gold medallists

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and

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of Australia and silver medallists Joseline Lee Yean Cheah and Bibiana Pei Chin Ng from Malaysia. In 2008 she set a new British Finals Record for Women's Air Pistol of 485.6. The previous record had stood for sixteen years. At the 2010

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Geikie won four medals; two individual bronzes and a silver and bronze in team events. She competed for

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held in

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, India. Again partnered by Julia Lydall, the pair repeated their result at the 2006 Games by winning a bronze medal in the women's 25 metre pistol pairs with a score of 1122 points. Despite her medal Geikie lost her place as one of the six athletes funded by British Shooting with money provided by

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following a bi-annual review of performances. At the

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, Geikie achieved the Olympic qualifying standard in the 25 metres pistol event earning Great Britain a second qualifying berth for the event in addition to their host nation place. Her score of 578 points meant she finished 13th out of the 48 competitors. Geikie was chosen to carry the

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as it passed through Okehampton on 21 May as part of the

2012 Summer Olympics torch relay The 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from 19 May until 27 July, prior to the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The torch bearer selection process was announced on 18 May 2011. As well as touring the United Kingdom the schedule included the t ...

. Geikie was selected as one of ten shooters to represent

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in London. She competed in the women's 25 metres pistol event, finishing 37th with a score of 562 and the 10m air pistol event finishing 47th with a score of 359. She announced her retirement from competitive shooting in May 2016.

Post-Sporting Career

After retiring from competition, Geikie joined

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, launching the Schools Pistol Championship. She went on to join the Target Sprint Group.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geikie, Gerogina 1984 births Living people People from Okehampton British female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Alumni of Cardiff University Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games ISSF pistol shooters