Catherine Skinner

Catherine Ann Skinner OAM (born 11 February 1990) is an Australian sport shooter.^[1][2] In 2016, she became an Olympic gold medalist.

Catherine Skinner

OAM

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 35) Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Height	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Sport shooter
Event	Trap shooting
Medal record Women's shooting Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Trap World Championships 2017 Moscow Trap 2023 Baku Trap team 2013 Lima Trap team 2014 Granada Trap 2022 Osijek Trap team Oceania Championships 2017 Gold Coast Trap 2011 Sydney Trap 2015 Sydney Trap Universiade 2013 Kazan Trap 2011 Shenzhen Trap 2015 Gwangju Trap
Updated on 8 August 2016

Early life

Skinner was born to Ken and Anne Skinner. She has two brothers, Andrew and Craig.^[3]

Career

Skinner won Australia's only shooting medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade when she won gold in the trap event.^[4] She competed in the women's trap event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she reached the semifinals. She competed in the women's trap event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal.^[5] Skinner missed out on the finals in the women's trap at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing in 8th place.^[6]

Personal life

Skinner graduated from RMIT in 2015, with a degree in chemical engineering.^[7] She found her studies challenging,^[8] taking a total of eight years to complete due to the fact that she was travelling to compete.^[9] She worked at Dow Chemical for three months in 2017.^[10]

Recognition

Skinner was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours for "service to sport as a gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games."^[11]