{{Short description|Australian sport shooter (born 1990)}} {{refimprove|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Laetisha Scanlan | image = | alt = | caption = | nickname = Teash | nationality = {{AUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | height = {{height|m=1.63|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|53|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | residence = | years_active = | country = Australia | sport = Sport shooter | rank = | event = Women's Trap (Olympic) | coach = Adam Vella | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalComp|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Lonato del Garda|Mixed trap pairs}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|Trap team}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Lima|Trap team}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Osijek|Trap team}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Osijek|Mixed trap pairs}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|Trap pairs}} {{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|Trap}} {{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|Trap}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalGold|2017 Brisbane|Trap}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Delhi|Trap pairs}} {{MedalComp|Oceanian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011 Sydney|Trap}} {{MedalGold|2017 Brisbane|Trap}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Sydney|Trap}} | updated = 15 July 2019 }}
'''Laetisha Scanlan''' (born 13 April 1990) is an Australian sport shooter.<ref name="Commonwealth profile">{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1026603/caroline_povey.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907143151/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1026603/caroline_povey.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 September 2014|title=Glasgow 2014 profile|accessdate=4 October 2014 }}</ref> She competed in the women's trap event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal, she later went on to win gold in the same event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.
Scanlan competed in the women's trap event and also the team event with James Willett at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She missed securing a first Olympic medal by finishing in fourth place of the women's trap event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Olympics |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/#shoot |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.theroar.com.au}}</ref> Detailed results.
Laetisha started shooting in 2005 at Frankston Australia Gun Club in Victoria, Australia. She has been a part of the Australian team since 2007 and competed in her first overseas competition that same year, in Nicosia.
She attended secondary school at St Margaret's School, Melbourne and later Haileybury.
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==External links== * {{ISSF}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{AOC profile}} * {{CGA profile|laetisha-scanlan}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|shooting/1030582/l_scanlan}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|shooting/athlete-profile-n6030472-laetisha-scanlan}} * [https://www.vis.org.au/athletes/laetisha-scanlan Laetisha Scanlan] at the Victorian Institute of Sport
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