Laetisha Scanlan

Laetisha Scanlan (born 13 April 1990) is an Australian sport shooter. She competed in the women's trap event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal, she later went on to win gold in the same event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.

Laetisha Scanlan

Personal information
Nickname	Teash
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1990-04-13) 13 April 1990 Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Sport shooter
Event	Women's Trap (Olympic)
Coached by	Adam Vella
Medal record Women's shooting Representing Australia World Championships 2019 Lonato del Garda Mixed trap pairs 2023 Baku Trap team 2013 Lima Trap team 2022 Osijek Trap team 2022 Osijek Mixed trap pairs Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Trap pairs 2014 Glasgow Trap 2018 Gold Coast Trap Commonwealth Championships 2017 Brisbane Trap 2010 Delhi Trap pairs Oceanian Championships 2011 Sydney Trap 2017 Brisbane Trap 2013 Sydney Trap
Updated on 15 July 2019

Scanlan competed in the women's trap event and also the team event with James Willett at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She just missed out on securing a first Olympic medal by finishing in fourth place of the women's trap event. Detailed results.

Laetisha started shooting in 2005 at Frankston Australia Gun Club in Victoria, Australia. She has been a part of the Australian team since 2007 and competed in her first overseas competition that same year, in Nicosia.

She attended secondary school at St Margaret's School, Melbourne and later Haileybury.

External links

• Laetisha Scanlan at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Laetisha Scanlan at Olympedia (archive)
• Laetisha Scanlan at Olympics.com
• Laetisha Scanlan at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Laetisha Scanlan at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Laetisha Scanlan at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Laetisha Scanlan at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Laetisha Scanlan at the Victorian Institute of Sport