Athlete Profile

Personal Details
Name:	Matthew Thomson	Place of Residence:	Edinburgh	Occupation:	Athlete
		Date of Birth:	January 1986	Place of Birth:	Edinburgh
Shooting Profile
Events:	Prone		Club(s):	Watsonians, Edinburgh University
Number of Scottish Caps:	Junior: 4 Senior: 5		First Scottish Cap:	NSRA National Meeting, 2001
Personal Bests:	Prone - 598		Records Held:	Scottish Final Prone - 701.8
Major Games Attended:	ISSF World Cups Munich 2006, Fort Benning & Munich 2007, Beijing, Munich & Milan 2008 Nordic Championships 2004 European Junior Championships 2004 European Championships 2005 & 2007 World Championships 2006
Major Medals & Championships Won:	Junior: Scottish Men's Prone Champion 2004 & 2005 World Junior Men's Prone Champion, 2006 Senior: Scottish Men's Prone Champion 2004
Other Info:	Matthew comes from a family of distinguished Scottish shooters - Father Ian and Uncle Robin have both represented Scotland at Home Countries level, while Aunt Janis won a Bronze Medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.