Kirsty Barr

Kirsty Barr
Personal information
Birth name Kirsty Barr
Nationality Northern Irish
Born (1988-09-12) 12 September 1988
Craigavon, Northern Ireland
Occupation Aerospace engineer
Sport
Sport Clay pigeon shooting
Event(s) Trap shooting
Club Thatch Clay Target Club
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2018 ChangwonMixed trap pairs
European Championships
2018 LeobersdorfTrap
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastTrap

Kirsty Hegarty (née Barr; born 12 September 1988) is a Northern Irish trap shooter.[1]

Early life

Kirsty Barr was born in Craigavon, County Armagh in 1988, the daughter of shooters Clifford and Sandra Barr.

Kirsty attended Ballymena Academy, County Antrim and is an alumna of Queens University, Belfast, where she studied Aerospace Engineering.

Career

At the Commonwealth Shooting Championships (CSF) 2010, test event for the Commonwealth Games, Kirsty secured her first international Gold medal.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games Barr finished 17th in the trap, and 4th in the pairs trap.[2] At the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships she finished 34th.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Barr finished 6th in the trap.[3] At the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships she was 22nd. At the 2015 ISSF World Shooting Championships she was 11th and at the 2017 ISSF World Shooting Championships she was 13th.

As part of the Great Britain Shooting team, British Shooting Kirsty Barr alongside teammates Abbey Burton and Charlotte Kerwood won team Gold at the 2015 ISSF World Shooting Championships, Lonato.[4]

In 2016 Barr qualified for her first ISSF final in Baku, scoring 71ex75 in qualification. Barr finished 6th in the final.

Barr won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the women's trap event.[5][6][7]

While not on the range Kirsty is an Aerospace Engineer for Bombarider Aerospace, Shorts based in Belfast.

Personal life

Kirsty Barr is an aerospace engineer.[3]

In September 2016 Kirsty married Stephen Hegarty from Donegal Town.

References

  1. ↑ "British Shooting". britishshooting.org.uk.
  2. ↑ GROOM, GRAHAM (17 October 2017). "THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES". Lulu.com – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 "Shooting – Athlete Profile: Kirsty BARR – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com.
  4. ↑ "Team gold for GB trap women". eurosport.
  5. ↑ "Barr's silver lining is memorable birthday gift for her grandmother" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Kirsty Barr among four home nations medallists". 13 April 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  7. ↑ "Happy birthday Granny: Commonwealth Games medallist Kirsty Barr delighted to deliver perfect present" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
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