Carol Page

Carol Page
Personal information
Birth nameCarol Bartlett
NationalityEnglish
Born(1948-10-19)19 October 1948
Gosport, Hampshire, England
Died12 October 2023(2023-10-12) (aged 74)
Sport
Events
ClubMarylebone Rifle & Pistol Club
Medal record
Sports shooting
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 10m air pistol pair
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 25m sport pistol pair

Carol Anne Page (née Bartlett, 19 October 1948 – 12 October 2023) was a British sport shooter. She represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games and World and European Championship level as well as representing England at the Commonwealth Games, winning two medals in 1994.

By her retirement, she had been British Women's Champion in 25m Pistol five times, and British Women's 10m Air Pistol Champion 13 times.[1]

Page died on 12 October 2023, at the age of 74.[2][3]

Sport shooting career

Page represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the women's 25 metre pistol and at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's 25 metre pistol and women's 10 metre air pistol.[4]

Page represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. With Margaret Thomas, she won Bronze medals in the pairs events for 10m air pistol and 25m sport pistol.[5][6][7][8]

Four years later she represented England in the air pistol events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Carol Graham". Facebook - British Shooting. British Shooting. 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Obituaries - Carol Page". nsra.co.uk. National Small-bore Rifle Association. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Carol Bartlett-Page". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games 1994 Team | Team England". Team England. Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
  6. ^ "England Victoria 1994". thecgf.org. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019.
  7. ^ Nick Robinson (20 August 1994). "Hot shots grab the medals". Manchester Evening News. p. 45. Carol Page and Margaret Thomas, in the pairs sport pistols, and Michael Gault and Paul Leatherdale in the pairs free pistol, added a couple of bronze medals to England's account.
  8. ^ "Gold turns to bronze". The Observer. 21 August 1994. p. 53. Carol Page and Margaret Thomas, in the pairs sport pistols and Michael Gault and Paul Leatherdale in the pairs free pistol added a couple of bronze medals to England's account.
  9. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  10. ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Carol Page". thecgf.org. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019.


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