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Birth name | Sheree Cox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Ashford, England | 23 July 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | David Phelps | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | podiumtherapies | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Hounslow & District Rifle Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sheree Cox (born 1990), later known by her married name Sheree Phelps is a female British sports shooter who won a medal at the European Junior Shooting Championships, as well as representing England at two Commonwealth Games.
Sheree Cox was born in Ashford, Kent in 1990. Coming from a family of target shooters,[2] she learned to shoot at Hounslow Rifle Club. She married fellow GB target shooter David Phelps in 2014.[3]
In 2008 Cox was selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India where she won two medals.[4] She was then selected to the GB squad to the European Junior Championships in Plzeň where she won a silver medal with Kay Copland and Nikki Sammels in the 50-metre Prone Rifle team event.[5]
She was selected to represent England for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.[6] At the Commonwealth Shooting Championships ahead of the Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Air Rifle Team event.
She was selected again for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[7][8][9] She placed 15th in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event and 16th in the 50metre Three-Position event.[10]
Following the 2014 Glasgow Games, Cox trained in sports massage, practicing in South Wales.[11][12]