David Rattray
Personal information
Full nameDavid Rattray
Born (1970-01-09) 9 January 1970 (age 54)
Motherwell, Scotland
OccupationPolice officer
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportShooting sport
Event10 m air rifle
ClubGlenrothes Rifle Club
Coached byAlister Allan
Medal record
Sports shooting
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 10m air rifle pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 10m air rifle pairs

David Rattray is a Scottish retired sport shooter. Rattray represented Scotland at two Commonwealth Games in the 10m air rifle event, winning two bronze medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2002 ISSF World Championships, placing 70th.[1]

Shooting career

Rattray was selected to represent Scotland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where he won a bronze medal in the 10m air rifle pairs with teammate Robin Law.[2][3][4]

In 1994 he won the British 10m Air Rifle Championship, and won the bronze in 1995.[5]

He was selected to represent 1998 Commonwealth Games, where he won another bronze medal in the same event, again partnered with Law.[2][3]

In 1999 he set a new Team Record in the British Club Championship of 1764 at the British Airgun Championships with teammates Robin Law and Shirley McIntosh.[6]

References

  1. ^ "David RATTRAY". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "SSRA - Commonwealth Games Teams & Medals". Scottish Smallbore Rifle Association. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "David Rattray - Team Scotland". Team Scotland. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Aussies Hoarding Gold at Commonwealth Games". The Salt Lake Tribune. Associated Press. 20 August 1994. p. 24.
  5. ^ "David Loses British Title". Lanark and Carluke Advertiser. 24 February 1995. p. 61. DAVID RATTRAY has narrowly failed to retain his British open 10 metre air rifle championship title. The 25-year-old Lanark man won the bronze medal in the competition, held at the National Indoor Shooting Centre in Wolverhampton.
  6. ^ "David Loses British Title". Lanark and Carluke Advertiser. 3 March 1999. p. 85. Along with Robin Law and Shirley McIntosh from Glenrothes Rifle Club, Rattray won the British Club Championship, helping to create a new British record combined score of 1764.

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