Alethea Sedgman

Alethea Sedgman (born 24 January 1994) is an Australian sport shooter. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the women's 50 metres rifle three position event. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 10 metres air rifle event and the 50m rifle event.

Alethea Sedgman
Personal information
NationalityAustralia
Born (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994
Carlton, Victoria
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in) (2012)
Weight65 kg (143 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportSport shooting
ClubHorsham Smallbore Club
Coached byPetr Kurka

Personal

Sedgman was born on 24 January 1994 in Carlton, Victoria.[1] She grew up in Victoria on a farm.[2] She attended Natimuk Primary School[1] before going to high school at Horsham College.[1][3][4] In 2010, she earned her VCE in English literature.[3] As of 2012, she lives in Natimuk, Victoria.[1]

Sedgman is 179 centimetres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 65 kilograms (143 lb).[1]

Shooting

Sedgman is a sport shooter, specialising in the rifle.[1][5] She is a member of the Horsham Smallbore Club and has been coached by Petr Kurka since 2009.[1] She has a shooting scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.[1] She became a senior shooter in 2009.[6] She represented Australia at the 2010 World Championship in Munich.[1]

Sedgman competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she earned a gold medal[1][2][3][4][7][8][6] as a sixteen-year-old[3][4] in the women's 50m rifle three position event.[1][9][10] Her gold was Australia's first in shooting at the 2010 Games.[6] She won gold with a score of 676.0 points.[6]

Sedgman finished 2nd in the three position and 4th in the prone 10 metres air rifle at the 2011 Oceania Championships in Sydney, Australia.[1] She finished 23rd and 24th in the junior 10 metres air rifle events at the 2012 Pilzen Grand Prix in Pilzen, Czech Republic.[1] At the 2012 Meyton Cup in Tirol, Austria, she finished 4th and 18th in the junior 10 metres rifle events.[1] She finished 42nd in the junior 10 metres air rifle at the 2012 Munich IWK in Munich Germany.[1] In the 2012 Australia Cup 1 she finished 2nd in the 10 metres air rifle at Event 2 in Adelaide, Australia having placed 1st in the same event and 3rd in the three positions at Event 1, also in Adelaide.[1] In the 2012 Australia Cup 2 Sedgman recorded finishes of 2nd in the 10 metres air rifle and 4th in the three positions at Event 1 in Sydney and followed this by finishing 2nd in the 10 metres at Event 2.[1]

Olympics

Sedgman was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in shooting in the 10 metres air rifle event.[1][11][7][8][12][5][13] She was eighteen years old at the Games.[1][2][7]

Australia had one final quota place to give to a shooter for the Olympics and it came down a choice between Gulvin and Sedgman. Sedgman was selected ahead of her boyfriend as Australian International Shooting opted to send a female competitor.[2][11][7][8][12]

References
  1. "London 2012 - Alethea Sedgman". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. "alethea sedgman steals chris gulvins heart and games spot". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. "champion shooter alethea sedgman sets sights on exams". Melbourne, Australia: Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. Jake Niall (8 October 2010). "Age no barrier as Australia double up with trap golds". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  5. "London 2012: Australian Olympic shooting team". The Roar. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  6. "/alethea sedgman-has won australias first shooting gold". The Australian. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. Aaron Langmaid (2 July 2012). "Love given a shooting chance". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  8. "selectors were forced to choose between sweethearts alethea sedgman and chris gulvin for an olympic shooting spot". Melbourne, Australia: Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  9. "BBC Sport — Commonwealth Games 2010: India dominate shooting medals". BBC News. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  10. "www.smh.com.au — Shooters fall short of target". News.smh.com.au. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. Langmaid, Aaron (2 July 2012). "Selectors were forced to choose between sweethearts Alethea Sedgman and Chris Gulvin for an Olympic shooting spot". News.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  12. "our shooting star". Melbourne, Australia: Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  13. "Australian shooting medal hopes for 2012". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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