Sheree Cox
British sport shooter
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Sheree Cox (born 16 July 1990), later known by her married name Sheree Phelps is a female British sports shooter who won medals at the European Junior Shooting Championships and Commonwealth Youth Games, as well as representing England at two Commonwealth Games.
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| Born | Sheree Cox 16 July 1990[1] Ashford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | David Phelps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Heston & Hounslow Rifle Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
Sheree Cox was born in Ashford, Middlesex in 1990. Coming from a family of target shooters,[2] she learned to shoot at Heston & Hounslow Rifle Club. She married fellow GB target shooter David Phelps in 2014.[3][4]
Sporting career
In 2008 Cox was selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India where she won gold in the women's 50m 3-position rifle and bronze in the prone rifle event.[5][6][7][8][9] 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.[10]
In January 2009 she competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, winning silver in the 50m 3-position rifle event.[11] She went on to win three golds and set a British Junior Record for air rifle at the 2009 InterShoot meeting in the Netherlands.[11]
Cox was selected to represent England in 10metre air rifle at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.[12] 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.[13][14][15] She placed 15th in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event and 16th in the 50metre Three-Position event.[16]