{{Short description|Scottish Olympic sport shooter and fantasy author}} {{for|the hydrogeologist|Jennifer C. McIntosh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jennifer McIntosh | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|OLY}} | image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Winners of (Singles Shooting 50M Rifle Prone Women’s), Mcintosh Jen of Scotland (Gold) (cropped).jpg | caption = Jennifer McIntosh in 2010 <!-- Personal information --> | birth_name = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|6|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | years_active = 2005-2018 | height = 1.74 m | weight = 75 kg | website = {{Official website}} <!-- Sport --> | country = United Kingdom | sport = Shooting | event = {{ubl|10 metre air rifle|50 metre rifle three positions|50 metre rifle prone}} | club = Alloa & District | coach = Donald McIntosh | retired = 2018 | coaching = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Changwon|50m Rifle Prone Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2017 Baku|50m Rifle Prone}} {{MedalGold|2017 Baku|50m Rifle 3 Positions Team}} {{Medal|Country|{{SCO}}}} {{Medal|Comp|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 Delhi|50m Rifle Prone}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 Delhi|50m Rifle Prone Pairs}} {{Medal|Silver|2014 Glasgow|50m Rifle 3 Positions Single}} {{Medal|Bronze|2010 Delhi|50m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs}} {{Medal|Bronze|2014 Glasgow|50m Rifle Prone}} {{Medal|Comp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 Delhi|50m Rifle Prone Pairs}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 Delhi|50m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 Delhi|50m Rifle 3 Positions Badge}} {{Medal|Gold|2017 Brisbane|50m Rifle Prone}} {{Medal|Bronze|2010 Delhi|50m Rifle Prone Badge}} }}
'''Jennifer McIntosh''' (born 17 June 1991) is a Scottish Olympic sports shooter and fantasy author.<ref name="walesonline">{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/london-olympics-2012/olympic-news/2012/07/27/can-great-britain-s-jennifer-mcintosh-win-the-first-gold-medal-of-olympics-2012-91466-31486225/ |title=Can Great Britain's Jennifer McIntosh win the first gold medal of Olympics 2012 |access-date=28 July 2012 |work=walesonline |date=27 July 2012}}</ref> McIntosh is the daughter of four-times Commonwealth Games medalist Shirley McIntosh and Donald McIntosh, and the elder sister of British Olympic shooter Seonaid McIntosh.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Neil Drysdale |title=Firing a salute to the shooting star who excelled with Scotland's cartridge family |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/other/1564563/firing-a-salute-to-the-shooting-star-who-excelled-with-scotlands-cartridge-family/ |website=The Press and Journal |publisher=DC Thomson Publishing |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921082749/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/other/1564563/firing-a-salute-to-the-shooting-star-who-excelled-with-scotlands-cartridge-family/ |archive-date=21 September 2018 |date=18 September 2018}}</ref>
==Shooting career== McIntosh won two golds and a bronze in the 2010 Commonwealth Games,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ssra.co.uk/profiles/jennifer.html |title=Jennifer McIntosh |date=November 2010 |work=Athlete Profile |publisher=Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association |access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref> making her the most successful female athlete with Team Scotland. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow she won Silver in the Women's 50 metre rifle three position and Bronze in the 50m rifle prone, making her the most decorated female medal winner in Scottish Commonwealth Games history<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/28554432 |title=Glasgow 2014: Scotland's Jen McIntosh sets new medal record |access-date=4 August 2014 |work=Glasgow 2014}}</ref> – a record previously held by her mother and Elenor Gordon.
thumb|Jennifer McIntosh with father and coach Donald McIntosh before the Women's 3P Rifle event at London 2012 Summer Olympic Games At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 10 metre air rifle and 50 metre three positions events using a Host Nation Quota place.<ref name="london2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mcintosh-jennifer-1075888/ |title=London 2012: Jennifer McIntosh |access-date=28 July 2012 |work=London 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530112959/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mcintosh-jennifer-1075888/ |archive-date=30 May 2013}}</ref>
At the 2015 European Championships in Maribor, she placed fourth in the 50 metre rifle three positions, earning Great Britain a women's rifle quota place to the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref name="maribor2015">{{cite web |url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title%3DJen_Secures_Rio_Quota%26d%3D1076 |title=Jen Secures Rio Quota |access-date=8 September 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |archive-date=23 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923001138/http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title%3DJen_Secures_Rio_Quota%26d%3D1076 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
McIntosh was awarded the quota place and competed in the 10 metre air rifle and 50 metre three positions events.<ref name="london2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jennifer-mcintosh |title=Rio 2016: Jennifer McIntosh |access-date=8 September 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826094527/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jennifer-mcintosh |archive-date=26 August 2016}}</ref>
In 2017 at the 48th Grand Prix of Liberation in Plzeň, McIntosh took Individual Bronze in the Women's 3x20 rifle with a qualification score of 589, one point off her PB and the British Record. Together with sister Seonaid McIntosh and Katie Gleeson the team won Silver as well as setting a new British Team Record of 1759ex1800. In the Prone 50m Rifle she won another Team Silver whilst setting another British Team Record of 1866.7 with Katie Gleeson and Lina Jones.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Craig Davies |title=Rifle Medals flow in Plzen |url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title=Rifle_Medals_Flow_In_Plzen&d=1331 |website=British Shooting |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724130452/http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title%3DRifle_Medals_Flow_In_Plzen%26d%3D1331 |archive-date=24 July 2017 |date=9 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Results Book |url=http://liberation.hyperlink.cz/libera17/GP_Liberation_2017.pdf |website=Grand Prix of Liberation |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724133250/http://liberation.hyperlink.cz/libera17/GP_Liberation_2017.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2017 |pages=79, 97, 98 |language=English |date=7 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
thumb|Jennifer McIntosh in the 10m Final at ISCH 2015 Plzeň marked the start of a winning streak for McIntosh and the GB Women's Rifle Team. At the International Shooting Competition of Hannover in May, McIntosh won individual Gold in the 10m Air Rifle, as well as winning Team Golds in all three Women's Rifle Events with Seonaid McIntosh (who won her first Senior Gold medal in the Women's 3x20 50m Rifle) and Katie Gleeson (who took Bronze in the Prone 50m Rifle).<ref>{{cite web |title=ISCH 10m Air Rifle Women Finals |url=http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_Air_Rifle_Women_Final.pdf |website=i-s-c-h.de |publisher=Niedersächsicher Sportschützenverband |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614211413/http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_Air_Rifle_Women_Final.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2017 |language=English |date=12 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISCH 10m Air Rifle Women Team |url=http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_Air_Rifle_Women_Team.pdf |website=i-s-c-h.de |publisher=Niedersächsicher Sportschützenverband |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615035820/http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_Air_Rifle_Women_Team.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2017 |language=English |date=12 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISCH 50m Prone Rifle Women Team |url=http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_Prone_Women_Team.pdf |website=i-s-c-h.de |publisher=Niedersächsicher Sportschützenverband |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615043149/http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_Prone_Women_Team.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2017 |language=English |date=14 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISCH 50m 3 Positions Rifle Women Team |url=http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_3p_Women_Team.pdf |website=i-s-c-h.de |publisher=Niedersächsicher Sportschützenverband |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615005836/http://i-s-c-h.de/images/ISCH2017/ERgebnisse/ISSF_3p_Women_Team.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2017 |language=English |date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Karan Gadhia |title=British Records Tumble in Hannover |url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title=British_Records_Tumble_In_Hannover&d=1333 |website=British Shooting |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724133708/http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title%3DBritish_Records_Tumble_In_Hannover%26d%3D1333 |archive-date=24 July 2017 |language=English |date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
At the 2017 European Shooting Championships, Jennifer went on to take the gold medal in the Women's 50M Prone Rifle becoming European Champion. In the 3x20 she qualified in fourth and placed fifth in the final, whilst younger sister Seonaid won the final, becoming European Champion in that event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Prone Rifle |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=5056b773-6d27-4b98-b2b4-83bd74257fa5&FileName=50m/STR60PRW/4_INDI/I000000IA2407171045.1.STR60PR.0.001.pdf |website=Sius Ascor Results Service |publisher=Sius Ascor |access-date=24 July 2017 |date=24 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Craig Davies |title=McIntosh is European Champion |url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title=McIntosh_Is_European_Champion&d=1370 |website=British Shooting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724125935/http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title%3DMcIntosh_Is_European_Champion%26d%3D1370 |archive-date=24 July 2017 |date=24 July 2017 |access-date=24 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jennifer McIntosh wins European Shooting Championships gold in Azerbaijan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/40706053 |access-date=27 July 2017 |agency=BBC |publisher=BBC |date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727122224/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/40706053 |archive-date=27 July 2017 |language=English |url-status=dead}}</ref> Along with Katie Gleeson, the McIntosh sisters won the Three Position Team event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results – 50M Rifle 3 Positions Women Team |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=5056b773-6d27-4b98-b2b4-83bd74257fa5&FileName=50m/STR3X20W/3_QUAL/Q000000TA2707170900.1.STR3X20.0.001.pdf |website=Sius Results Service |publisher=Sius Ascor |access-date=27 July 2017 |date=27 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Seonaid McIntosh emulates sister with European Shooting Championships gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/40741956 |access-date=27 July 2017 |agency=BBC |publisher=BBC |date=27 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727122210/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/40741956 |archive-date=27 July 2017 |language=English |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In November 2017, McIntosh was selected for Scotland's team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=ST ANDREWS DAY SEES TEAM SCOTLAND ANNOUNCEMENT ON SHOOTING TEAM FOR GOLD COAST 2018 |url=http://www.scottishtargetshooting.co.uk/sts-news/2017/12/4/test |website=Scottish Target Shooting |access-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409154719/http://www.scottishtargetshooting.co.uk/sts-news/2017/12/4/test |archive-date=9 April 2018 |date=4 December 2017}}</ref> At the Games she narrowly missed a spot in the 10m Air Rifle Final, qualifying in 9th place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results – Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/shooting/results-women-s-10m-air-rifle-qual-000100-.htm |website=Gold Coast 2018 |publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation |access-date=9 April 2018 |date=9 April 2018 |archive-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409155148/https://results.gc2018.com/en/shooting/results-women-s-10m-air-rifle-qual-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In July 2018 McIntosh was selected as a member of the GB Team to the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, where she won a bronze medal in the Women's 50m Prone Rifle Team event with teammates Zoe Bruce and Seonaid McIntosh.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Craig Davies |title=Rifle Team Selected for Changwon |url=http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title=Rifle_Team_Selected_For_Changwon&d=1504 |website=British Shooting |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905143955/http://britishshooting.org.uk/news/title%3DRifle_Team_Selected_For_Changwon%26d%3D1504 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |date=18 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2018/1750/E000000TA0409181500.1.R60PR.0.001.pdf |title=50 m team rifle prone results |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604130328/https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2018/1750/E000000TA0409181500.1.R60PR.0.001.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RESULTS - 50M Rifle Prone Women Team |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2018/1750/E000000TA0409181500.1.R60PR.0.001.pdf |website=ISSF Sports |publisher=International Shooting Sports Federation |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905144555/https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2018/1750/E000000TA0409181500.1.R60PR.0.001.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2018 |date=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Great Britain win bronze at World Shooting Championships |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/shooting/great-britain-win-bronze-at-world-shooting-championships_sto6917951/story.shtml |access-date=5 September 2018 |agency=Eurosport |publisher=Eurosport |date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905144842/https://www.eurosport.co.uk/shooting/great-britain-win-bronze-at-world-shooting-championships_sto6917951/story.shtml |archive-date=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Great Britain win first medal at 2018 World Shooting Championships |url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/great-britain-win-first-medal-at-world-shooting-championships |website=TeamGB |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905145149/https://www.teamgb.com/news/great-britain-win-first-medal-at-world-shooting-championships |archive-date=5 September 2018 |date=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Shooting Championships: Great Britain women win bronze in South Korea |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/45409512 |access-date=5 September 2018 |agency=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905145339/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/45409512 |archive-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> In the Individual Women's Prone Rifle event, Jen placed 26th. Her sister Seonaid won the event, becoming World Champion.<ref>{{cite web |title=RESULTS - 50m Rifle Prone Women Individual |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=1750&resultkey=I00000_I_0509181045.1.R60PR.0 |website=ISSF |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175543/https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=1750&resultkey=I00000_I_0509181045.1.R60PR.0 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |date=5 September 2018}}</ref>
On 17 September 2018 after returning from the World Championships, Jen announced her retirement from competitive shooting.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jen McIntosh: Former Commonwealth champion retires from shooting |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/45549945 |access-date=18 September 2018 |agency=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917130008/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/45549945 |archive-date=17 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Jen McIntosh |title=Announcement of Retirement |url=https://www.facebook.com/jenmcintosh600/posts/1999566023429176?__xts__[0]=68.ARArjVlqFF8ENMmvNubh2RdE5aGjNLMPfYNpbjA4txuaBhkhoXR7qiFfuSWHTm_fHQIaOU1KjSm_K-paEQFl8V5053CiRMMjT8yoE_nTFsRSO5c98rWNhOVIxUwnAp-J_GpiQf0nw4FkVyF0Wxo6qV2IdU_GrqBsWI9lQCBeOocBf2rrmnopSg&__tn__=-R |website=Facebook - Jen McIntosh |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918093914/https://www.facebook.com/jenmcintosh600/posts/1999566023429176?__xts__[0]=68.ARArjVlqFF8ENMmvNubh2RdE5aGjNLMPfYNpbjA4txuaBhkhoXR7qiFfuSWHTm_fHQIaOU1KjSm_K-paEQFl8V5053CiRMMjT8yoE_nTFsRSO5c98rWNhOVIxUwnAp-J_GpiQf0nw4FkVyF0Wxo6qV2IdU_GrqBsWI9lQCBeOocBf2rrmnopSg&__tn__=-R |archive-date=18 September 2018 |date=17 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Paul Third |title=Aberdeen shooter McIntosh calls time on career at 27 |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/other/1564465/aberdeen-shooter-mcintosh-calls-time-on-career-at-27/ |access-date=21 September 2018 |agency=The Press and Journal |publisher=DC Thomson Publishing |date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917165143/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/other/1564465/aberdeen-shooter-mcintosh-calls-time-on-career-at-27/ |archive-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>
==Writing== In 2021, McIntosh announced her debut novel, ''Blood of Ravens'', publishing as Jen McIntosh.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jen McIntosh |author1-link=Jennifer McIntosh |title=Title Reveal |url=https://www.jen-mcintosh.com/blog/title-reveal |website=Jen McIntosh |access-date=6 May 2021 |date=1 Feb 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ISSF|name=Jennifer McIntosh}} * {{Team GB|name=Jennifer McIntosh}} * {{Team Scotland|jen-mcintosh|Jen McIntosh}} * {{Olympedia|name=Jen McIntosh}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|shooting/athlete-profile-n6028050-jennifer-mcintosh|Jennifer McIntosh}} * {{2015 European Games profile|mcintosh-jennifer-1011839|Jennifer McIntosh}} * {{Official website}}
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