Shooting | Athlete Profile: Laetisha SCANLAN - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  13 Apr 1990
Place of Birth:  CLAYTON
Country of birth:  AUS
Age:  28
Gender:   Female

Height (cm): 163
Weight (Kg): 55

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Shooting	Women's Trap	1

Laetisha SCANLAN - Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
GR	Women's Trap Finals	38	13 April, 2018	Gold Coast (AUS)

Laetisha SCANLAN - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Fri, 13 Apr 9:00	-	Belmont Shooting Centre	Women's Trap Qualification	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 15:55	-	Belmont Shooting Centre	Women's Trap Finals	Finished

Legend

GR: Commonwealth Games Record

Biographical Information

Highlights:

Commonwealth Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Trap Women	1
2010	Delhi, IND	Trap Women	11
2010	Delhi, IND	Pairs Trap Women	1

Olympic Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Trap Women	5

World Championships
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2017	Moscow, RUS	Trap Women	40
2015	Lonato, ITA	Trap Women	5
2014	Granada, ESP	Trap Women	28
2013	Lima, PER	Trap Women	18
2011	Belgrade, SER	Trap Women	27

Nickname: Teash (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)
Hobbies:

Travel, water sports (Athlete, 6 Jul. 2017; issf-sports.org, 9 May 2017)

Occupation: Childcare teacher (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)
Education: Communications at Monash Uni, Melbourne, Aus; early childhood education and care at Selma Inst of Education, Melb, Aus
Languages spoken: English
Coach:

NATIONAL: Adam VELLA (AUS) (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)

Position style: Right eye, right hand (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)
Sporting relatives:

Father is a clay target shooter. (laetishascanlan.com, 16 May 2017)

Other sports:

"I started karate at four years of age and by 14 I was a junior black belt instructor." (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)

Reason: "I began the sport because it was a great activity to do with my dad." (Athlete, 6 Jun 2017)
Ambition: "I feel like I have unfinished business at the Olympics so I would love to compete at Tokyo 2020." (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)
Memorable: Winning her first world cup in Al Ain, UAE, in 2015. (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)
Influence: "I cannot thank my dad enough for introducing me to the sport. There have been many people help me along the way and they know who they are." (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)
Ritual: Getting a good night's sleep and a massage. (Athlete, 6 Jul 2017)

Additional information:

GIVING BACK
Casual coaching role at Go Shooting, which is run by Olympic gold medallist Russell MARK (AUS) and Commonwealth gold medallist Lauryn MARK (AUS). (Facebook, 21 Jun 2017)

VICTORY IN BRISBANE
Won gold in the trap at Commonwealth Shooting Championships in November 2017 at Belmont complex in Brisbane - a test event for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. (shootingaustralia.org, 5 Nov 2017)

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