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Julia Lydall

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Julia Lydall
Personal information
National team
  • United Kingdom
  • England
BornHaywards Heath
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Other interestsModern Pentathlon
Sport
Country
  • United Kingdom
  • England
SportShooting sports
Events
ClubBritish Pistol Club
Coached by
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 10 meters air pistol pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 25 metres pistol pairs

Julia Lydall (born 16 May 1986) is a British sport shooter who has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. She represented Great Britain at the 2006 World Shooting Championships in Zagreb.

Early life

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Lydall was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. She has a degree in quantity surveying.[1]

Sporting career

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At the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, Lydall won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol pairs with Georgina Geikie.[2][3]

In 2008 with Georgina Geikie and Kathryn Pearson she set a new British Team Record for Women's Air Pistol of 1128 at the InterShoot competition in the Netherlands.[4]

She competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India. Again partnered with Geikie, the pair repeated their result at the 2006 Games by winning a bronze medal in the 25m pistol pairs with a score of 1122 points.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Julia Lydall". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ "English shooters bag three golds". BBC Sport. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Shooting: pistol events". BBC Sport. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Intershoot News". British Shooting. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Gorgs sets sights on London 2012". Tavistock Times Gazette. Tindle Newspapers. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Shooter Georgina Geikie upbeat despite funding cut". BBC Sport. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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