Sharon Lee won Great Britain’s third medal at the European Championships in Granada, with Silver in the Women’s 50m Prone Rifle event.  Sharon and Beata Krzyzewsky of Hungary tied for first place with a score of 591, with Solveig Bibard of France third on 590.  Sharon lost out on the Gold under the countback tie-break system which compares the scores in the last ten shot series and then works backward by ten shot series until the tie is broken.

Women's Prone Medal Winners

Sharon, who won Great Britain’s last female rifle medal at a European Championship when she took silver in the junior version of the same event in Sofia eleven years ago, and her team mates Sheena Sharp and Helen Spittles were unfortunate to miss out on a team medal, coming fourth just a single point behind Finland, with Hungary and Switzerland taking Gold and Silver respectively.