{{Short description|Australian sport shooter (born 1932)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Patricia Dench | full_name = | image = File:Patricia Dench, 1984.JPEG | caption = | nationality = Australian | sport = Sport shooting | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|3|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's shooting}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze|1984 Los Angeles | 25 m pistol}} }} '''Patricia Dench''' (born 8 March 1932) is an Australian sport shooter. She won the bronze medal in the 25 m pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHAUSW0000000011| title=ISSF Profile | publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation | accessdate=2013-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/patricia-dench-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045720/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/patricia-dench-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2020-04-18 | title=Sports-reference Profile | publisher=Sports-reference | accessdate=2013-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DENCHPAT01 |title=.Database Olympics Profile |publisher=www.databaseolympics.com |accessdate=2013-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324033011/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DENCHPAT01 |archivedate=2013-03-24 }}</ref>
Dench is regarded as Australia's first Olympic medallist in shooting. Previously Donald Mackintosh was considered the first, for his gold and bronze medals in pigeon shooting at the 1900 Paris Olympics. However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has since ruled that Mackintosh's events were non-Olympic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/sports/shooting/|title=Shooting|publisher=Australian Olympic Committee|access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>
She competed at the 1981 ISSF 10 meter air pistol, winning a silver medal.
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