Patricia Dench

Patricia Dench (8 March 1932) is an Australian sports shooter. She won the bronze medal in the 25 m pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1][2][3]

Patricia Dench
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles 25 m pistol

Dench is regarded as Australia's first Olympic medallist in shooting. Previously Donald Mackintosh was considered the first, for his gold and bronze medals in pigeon shooting at the 1900 Paris Olympics. However, the IOC has since ruled that Mackintosh's events were non-Olympic.[4]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  2. "Sports-reference Profile". Sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. ".Database Olympics Profile". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. "Shooting". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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