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Jocelyn Lees

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Jocelyn Lees
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Shooting
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria 10m air pistol (pairs)
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 10m air pistol (pairs)
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 25m pistol (pairs)
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester 25m pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester 25m pistol (pairs)

Jocelyn Lees (born 19 November 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a shooting competitor for New Zealand.

Life

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Lees was the first NZ female to win a quota and attend an Olympics. She attended the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where she came 42nd.

She won her first Commonwealth Games medal in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, gaining a silver in the women's 10 metre air pistol (pairs) partnering Gerd Barkman.[1] At the 1998 Commonwealth Games partnering Tania Corrigan she won two silver medals; one in the 10 metre air pistol (pairs) and one in the 25 metre pistol (pairs) event. Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won two bronze medals; one in the women's 25 metre pistol event, and another in the 25 metre pistol (pairs) event again alongside Tania Corrigan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gerd Barkman | New Zealand Olympic Team". olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  2. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website