Name: Amber English
Sport: Shooting
Discipline(s):
Shotgun Shooting
Event(s): Skeet
Height: 5-4
Weight: 135
DOB: 10/25/1989
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo.
High School: Cheyenne Mountain High School (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
College: University of Colorado Colorado Springs ‘12, Allied Health Science
Olympic Experience
- One-time Olympian (2020), one-time Olympic medalist ( gold)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (skeet)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2018 – gold (skeet)
- Years of participation: 2018
- Medals: 1 (1 gold)
- Gold – 2018 (skeet)
Personal:
Daughter of Mike and Ana English...Her father, Mike, and uncle, Butch, were U.S. Running Target National Team members and Olympic Training center resident athletes...Her mother, Ana and aunt, Kim, were members of one of America’s top collegiate rifle programs at the University of Kentucky...As a result, both hunting and shooting are recreational activities for the entire family...In 2018, she was part of a U.S. sweep at World Championships where she earned the bronze medal...Continues to work towards a new Army officer career as a first lieutenant with the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) attached to the Army Marksmanship Unit in Ft. Benning, Georgia...Lover of the outdoors, enjoys hiking, fishing, and hunting in the Colorado wilderness in and around the Rocky Mountains
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