Susan Nattrass

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Susan Marie Nattrass (born November 5, 1950 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a Canadian shooter.

She started shooting at age 13 and was educated at the University of Alberta. In the 1976 Summer Olympics she became the first ever woman to participate in a shooting event at the Olympics, as shooting was open to both sexes until 1992. She won a silver medal at the 2001 world championships in Cairo, Egypt in the trap event. She finished 9th in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 6th in the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's trap shooting.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won other three medals: two silver in women's double trap pairs and women's trap pairs and a bronze in women's trap.

She was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canadian Athlete of the Year in 1981 and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Preceded by Terry Fox

Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1981

Succeeded by Wayne Gretzky