Catherine Skinner

{{Short description|Australian sport shooter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Catherine Skinner | honorific_suffix = OAM | image = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | nationality = {{AUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|2|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mansfield, Victoria, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 172 cm | weight = 80 kg | residence = | years_active = | country = Australia | sport = Sport shooter | rank = | event = Trap shooting | coach = | highestranking = | pb = | updated = 8 August 2016 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Trap}} {{MedalComp|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Moscow|Trap}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|Trap team}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Lima|Trap team}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Granada|Trap}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Osijek|Trap team}} {{MedalComp|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Gold Coast|Trap}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Sydney|Trap}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Sydney|Trap}} {{MedalComp|Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2013 Kazan|Trap}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Shenzhen|Trap}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Gwangju|Trap}} }}

'''Catherine Ann Skinner''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 11 February 1990) is an Australian sport shooter.<ref name="Commonwealth profile">{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1030585/catherine_skinner.html |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |access-date=7 September 2014 |archive-date=7 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907170557/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1030585/catherine_skinner.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/olympians-awarded-top-australia-day-honours|title=Olympians awarded top Australia Day Honours|access-date=2017-08-08|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414210544/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/olympians-awarded-top-australia-day-honours|archive-date=14 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, she became an Olympic gold medalist.

== Early life == Skinner was born to Ken and Anne Skinner. She has two brothers, Andrew and Craig.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/olympics-2016/catherine-skinner-overcomes-doubts-to-close-deal-and-clinch-olympic-gold/news-story/e6de1961918736d91cea0880c26591f4|title='I have been there before when I have fallen to pieces'|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref>

== Career == Skinner won Australia's only shooting medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade when she won gold in the trap event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catherine Skinner|url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/catherine-skinner|website=rio2016.olympics.com.au|publisher=Australian Olympic Committee|access-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012050643/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/catherine-skinner|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Kiwi shooter Natalie Rooney takes silver |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympics/news/article.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=11689110 |access-date=8 August 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald|date=8 August 2016}}</ref> Skinner missed out on the finals in the women's trap at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing in 8th place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/commonwealth-games-2018/a/39839758/rio-champ-skinner-misses-trap-finals/|title=Rio champ Skinner misses trap finals|access-date=2018-04-13|language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Personal life == Skinner graduated from RMIT in 2015, with a degree in chemical engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2016/august/rmit-student-leads-australian-athletes-in-rio|title=RMIT graduate wins gold in Rio - RMIT University|website=www.rmit.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref> She found her studies challenging,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mamamia.com.au/catherine-skinner-gold-rio-2/|title=Meet Australian shooter Catherine Skinner. She just won Olympic gold.|date=2016-08-08|work=Mamamia|access-date=2017-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> taking a total of eight years to complete due to the fact that she was travelling to compete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com.au/rio-2016-olympics-skinner-wins-gold-5-things-know-about-victorian-shooting-girl-1524668|title=Rio 2016 Olympics: Skinner wins gold, 5 things to know about the Victorian shooting girl|website=www.ibtimes.com.au|date=8 August 2016 |language=en|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref> She worked at Dow Chemical for three months in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/one-year-on-from-skinner-s-trap-gold|title=One year on from Skinner's Trap Gold|access-date=2017-08-08|language=en}}</ref>

==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."<ref name=S1>[http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/O%20of%20A%20-%20Gazette.pdf Order of Australia awards - summary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126101832/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/O%20of%20A%20-%20Gazette.pdf |date=26 January 2017 }}, 26 January 2017, www.gg.gov.au</ref>

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