{{Short description|Scottish sports shooter}} {{Use British English|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Janis Thomson | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = c.1954<ref name=WG>{{cite web |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/5310733.janis-thomson-has-shot-her-way-to-a-commonwealth-games-bronze-medal-in-kuala-lumpur/ |title=Janis Thomson has shot her way to a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in Kuala Lumpur |website=Warrington Guardian |date=17 September 1998 |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | sport = Sports shooting | event = Smallbore rifle / air rifle | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Rifle 3-positions pair}} }}
'''Janis Thomson''' (born c.1954) is a former international sports shooter from Scotland who appeared at two Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal.
== Biography == Thomson started shooting when she studied pharmacy at University.<ref name=NC>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001733/19990210/010/0010 |title=The Interview |work=Northwich Chronicle |date=10 February 1999 |page=10 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref> In 1990 she left Aberdeen where she was living for Meadow Road in Weaverham, near Northwich.<ref name=WG/>
Thomson represented the 1998 Scottish team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12259279.drug-shame-lifter-in-team-picked-to-restore-the-nations-sporting-pride-honour-and-discredit-in-squad-for-the-games/|title=Drug shame lifter in team picked to restore the nation's sporting pride Honour and discredit in squad for the Games |work=The Herald |date=3 July 1998 |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref> at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she competed in the smallbore and air rifle shooting events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/56/all |title=Scotland Kuala Lumpur 1998 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=24 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023101953/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/56/all |archive-date=2021-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/shooting.htm |title=Athletes' Profile: Shooting |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=24 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619114926/http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/shooting.htm |archive-date=2009-06-19}}</ref> Partnering Shirley McIntosh in the 50 metres rifle three-positions pairs, she won a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/shooting.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallits - Shooting |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19980915/253/0020 |title=Scots Stumped |work=Dundee Evening Telegraph |date=15 September 1998 |page=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref>
A second Commonwealth Games appearance ensued when Thomson was selected by the 2002 Scottish team<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athletes/?by_games=2651 |title=Athletes | website=Team Scotland |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref> at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where she competed in the smallbore rifle events events,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3028/56/all |title=Scotland Manchester 2002 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=24 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017032810/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3028/56/all |archive-date=2021-10-17}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Janis}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Shooters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Shooters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting Category:Scottish female sport shooters Category:British female sport shooters