Team GB’s shooting squad for Paris 2024 brings together experienced competitors and rising talent across Olympic Skeet, Olympic Trap and Rifle. As the Games begin, this is a good moment to look at the British shooters competing in Paris and the events they will be taking on. For readers interested in the wider category, the shooting collection is the best place to start.
Team GB’s shooting squad for the Paris 2024 Olympics looks capable of making a strong impression, with a blend of proven names and emerging athletes. Amber Rutter heads into the Games as one of Britain’s best-known skeet shooters, while Matt Coward-Holley and Nathan Hales strengthen the trap side with world-level pedigree. In rifle, Seonaid McIntosh and Mike Bargeron bring precision and experience to a discipline where consistency matters at the highest level.
Preparation for a Games of this level goes far beyond simple range time. These athletes arrive in Paris after years of competition, technical training and international qualification. Their shared aim is simple: perform at their best and compete for medals for Great Britain.
Mike Bargeron – Rifle
Mike secured his Paris quota in Rio de Janeiro, where he shot a new British record of 591 in the Men’s 3 Position event. He will compete alongside Seonaid McIntosh in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event, starting on Saturday 27 July, before competing in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s event on Sunday 28 July and the 50m Rifle 3 Position Men’s event on 31 July.
Matt Coward-Holley – Olympic Trap
Matt Coward-Holley is a Trap Concaverde Wall of Famer. He was the first Briton to win an Olympic Trap World Championship title and already has one Olympic medal to his name, having taken bronze in Tokyo 2020. He will compete alongside Nathan Hales in the Men’s Trap event starting on Monday 29 July.
Seonaid McIntosh – Rifle
One of GB’s most successful shooting athletes, Seonaid will first see action in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event on 27 July, before competing in the 10m Air Rifle Women’s event on Sunday 28 July and the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women’s event on Thursday 1 August. Seonaid secured her Paris quota with a silver medal at the 2023 European Airgun Championships and will be joined in France by her coach and father, Donald.
Amber Rutter – Olympic Skeet
Amber previously competed at Rio 2016 and is one of Britain’s most successful skeet shooters. She won her quota early in the Olympic cycle with gold at the 2022 European Shotgun Championships. She will compete in the Women’s Skeet event on Saturday 3 August.
Nathan Hales – Olympic Trap
Paris will be Nathan Hales’ first Olympic Games. The world trap record holder claimed his Olympic quota at the 2022 World Championships with a silver medal in Men’s Trap. He will compete in the Men’s Trap event starting on Monday 29 July.
Lucy Hall – Olympic Trap
Lucy Hall was an exceptional junior who has developed into a world-class senior competitor. She secured her quota place at the 2022 European Shooting Championship in Cyprus and, in doing so, moved closer to her long-held aim of representing Team GB at an Olympic Games. She will compete in the Women’s Trap event starting on Tuesday 30 July.
Paris 2024 offers a strong chance to see the range within Olympic shooting, from the speed and rhythm of trap and skeet to the measured control of rifle events. For readers following the sport more broadly, it is also worth exploring the men’s shooting clothing collection and the shooting hats and caps collection.
