Bio

Matthew Coward-Holley (born 14 December 1994) is a British sport shooter. Coward-Holley was a promising rugby player as a teenager but two serious back injuries involving broken vertebrae ended his playing. In order to remain active, he turned to shooting, a sport he had done with his father between the ages of 8 and 12 before taking up rugby. He participated at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships, where he became the first Briton to win a world title in an individual Olympic shotgun discipline. He went on to win two medals at the 2021 European Shooting Championships, including trap gold. He has qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.