Thomas Grice

Fast Facts

Sport: Shooting
Event: Men's Trap, Mixed Trap Team
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Highlights: Men's trap gold at the 2022 ISSF Grand Prix in Granada, winning the first-ever mixed pairs world championship in 2017
Coach: John Maxwell
Year Born: 1992
State Born: NSW

About Tom

Inspired by his grandfather Frank Gould, who was an avid shooter, Tom Grice began his career in shooting when he was just 12 years old. As a member of the Sydney Clay Target Club, Grice has grown up training at the same venue that held the Sydney 2000 shooting events.

After narrowly missing out on the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, in 2017 Grice won the inaugural mixed pairs trap shooting world championships alongside his teammate Penny Smith. The pair won the event by a single point, edging out Spain’s Antonio Bailon and Beatriz Martinez with a final score of 33-32.

Grice went on to qualify for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Representing Australia in the men’s trap event the Cobbitty, NSW native achieved a 15th place finish.

In 2019 Grice won the high gun at the Beretta Cup in Italy before going on to win the 2020 Australian National Mixed Pairs event.

A year later Grice achieved a second overall finish at the final qualification event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, held at Sydney International Shooting Centre. This result secured Grice a spot on the Australian Team for Tokyo 2020.

At the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Grice finished 25th in the men’s trap and 6th in the mixed trap team alongside Smith.

In 2022, Grice recorded his first individual ISSF victory when winning the Grand Prix championship in Granada. He also earned silver in the men’s trap team when he and James Willett were denied the gold medal in a shoot-off.

He also captured the silver medal alongside teammate Catherine Skinner at the ISSF World Cup event in Changwon when outpointed by fellow Australians, James Willett and Penny Smith.