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Shooter profile: Bethany Norton
Young Olympic Skeet shooter Bethany Norton had a fabulous 2022 season shooting and winning clay competitions at home and abroad.
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Bethany Norton is a young Olympic Skeet shooter from Hertforshire who began her clay shooting journey in 2018. Now, just four years on, she has represented Team GB as part of the Junior team, bagging team Gold at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Germany, and racked up an impressive domestic medal haul with class wins in the Olympic Skeet British Open and multiple medals throughout the British Shooting Shotgun Series.
Name: Bethany Norton
Age: 16
Location: Hertfordshire
Disciplines: Olympic Skeet (OSK)
Gun and cartridge combo: Zoli Bella Black Edition 12-gauge, Clever T3 GrandItalia
Sponsors: Zoli, Clever, CENS Digital, Starkey Outdoors (Pilla glasses), Ranger, CommsQuest Consulting Limited
Facebook: @bethanynortonclayshooting
Instagram: @b_norton_shooting
2022 achievements
2022 achievements- British Shooting Junior Ladies OSK Champion 2022
- Medalled at all British Shooting Shotgun Series finals in 2022: 1 x Gold, 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
- Gold ISSF medal: Junior Ladies Team at Junior World Cup, Suhl, Germany
- 10th at European Championships, Larnaca
- 8th at World Championships in Osijek (and made her first individual semi final)
- British Shooting Pathway Championships OSK High Gun and Junior Ladies winner
- CPSA OSK English Open: 2nd place Ladies, 2nd place Colt, D class winner
- CPSA OSK English Grand Prix: 2nd Place Ladies, 1st Place Colt, D class winner
- Silver in both BICTSF UK Championship and British Grand Prix October 2022
- Made England OSK Team for Home International (but was not allowed to compete in Ireland due to her age!)
Other notable achievements
Other notable achievements- 2021 Gold BICTSF Uk Championship, Silver British Grand Prix
- 2021 The Schools Challenge winter series winner (winning Yildiz shotgun)
- 2019 The Schools Challenge Ladies winner aged 13 (winning MG car)
- 2018 IAPS U11 Ladies High Gun
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