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Shooter profile: Hollie Lumsden
Eighteen-year-old Olympic Trap shooter Hollie Lumsden shot regularly for Team GB in 2022, and racked up a great list of wins and placings both abroad and in domestic competitions.
With several outings on the international stage in 2022 where she was selected to shoot for Team GB, Olympic Trap shooter Hollie Lumsden’s career is on the up! Hollie bagged a Bronze medal at the Junior World Cup in Mixed Pairs, two Gold medals at the British Shooting Shotgun Series, a win and a placing at the British Open and was the 2021 British Junior Ladies Champion!
Name: Hollie Lumsden
Age: 18
Location: Buckinghamshire
Disciplines: Olympic Trap
Gun and cartridge combo: Perazzi MX8 Special with Fiocchi Golden Trap
Sponsors: University of Nottingham Sport Scholarship
Facebook: Hollie Lumsden
Instagram: @hollielumsden_shooting
Key achievements
- Selected to compete for GB at the Junior World Cup (Suhl, Germany), European Championships (Larnaca, Cyprus) and World Championships (Osijek, Croatia) in 2022
- Junior World Cup 2022 Bronze medal in Mixed Pairs
- British Shooting Shotgun Series 2022 round 1 and 3 Gold medal
- English Open 2022: 1st in C-class and 3rd in Junior Ladies
- British Champion Junior Ladies 2021
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