Susan Nattrass
Hometown: Edmonton, AB
Home Club/Range: Renton Fish & Game Club
Disciplines: Women's Skeet
Started Shooting: 1963, Susan’s father was a top trapshooter and he taught his 3 children how to shoot
Highlights:
Winning 7 Women's World Championships
Competing in 6 Olympics
Winning medals at Pan Am & Commonwealth Games
Canadian champion for over 30 years
Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada
Canada's Athlete of the Year 1981
Canada's Female Athlete of the year 1977 and 1981
Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame, the ATA Hall of Fame, Alberta Hall of Fame, Edmonton Hall of Fame and University of Alberta's Wall of Fame
Major Games:
Olympics 1976, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008
Pan Am Games 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
Commonwealth Games 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
World Championships 1969 to 2017
Advice for newcomers to the sport: Make sure your gun fits you properly and learn the basic skills involved in your event
Best advice received: You can be whatever you want to be
Favourite Memory: Winning every one of my World Championships, breaking World records, going to 6 Olympics, winning the Pan Am gold medal
Hobbies: golfing, shooting, reading murder mysteries, having dinner with friends, growing dieffenbachia plants, playing cards, entertaining, and traveling.
Fun Fact: In 2006, I won my seventh World Championship 25 years after my sixth World Championship at the age of 55. It was on my Mother's 86th birthday and she was with me as my coach.