Glyn Barnett
Glyn Cawley Daer Barnett (born 1 December 1971),[1] is a British international rifleman who won a shooting Gold Medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[2][3]
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[edit] Early life
From 1981 to 1989, Barnett attended Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where he first took up full-bore rifle shooting as a serious sport.
[edit] Shooting career
While at school, he represented Gresham's in the English schools shooting championships at Bisley, and he then shot for the Great Britain under-19 team in Canada, coming second in the Canadian Championships.[4] The next year he joined the international circuit as a member of the Great Britain senior team.[4]
During his student years he shot for the University of London, Norfolk, England, and Great Britain.[4] He took part in his first World Championships representing Great Britain in 1992.[4]
His first Commonwealth Games came in 1994, in Victoria, British Columbia. He won a bronze medal in the singles and a silver medal in the pairs.[4] At the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002, he won a bronze medal in the pairs, shooting with Jane Messer.[2][4][5] He won HM the Queen’s Prize in 2002 and again in 2003,[2] becoming the only person to win the prize in consecutive years.[6]
Selected again for the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne in 2006, he shot in the full-bore rifle pairs competition in partnership with Dr Parag Patel (the youngest man ever to win the Canadian Open Championships). Together they took the Gold Medal.[2][3] Barnett commented "None of this would be possible without the support of family, friends, psychologists, coaches, and work colleagues."[4]
[edit] Medical career
From 1990 to 1996, Barnett trained as a doctor at London's Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School,[2][4] now the Imperial College School of Medicine. He is now an Emergency Medicine Consultant in London.[4]
[edit] Family
Barnett and his wife have three daughters called erin and ella and live in Abu Dhabi,UAE.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Old Greshamian Club Address Book (Cheverton & Son Ltd., Cromer, 1999)
- ^ a b c d e A Recent History of The University of London Rifle Club (accessed 22 September 2007)
- ^ a b Commonwealth Games results at bbc.co.uk (accessed 22 September 2007)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Shooting for gold at bmj.com (accessed 22 September 2007)
- ^ Home Nations Medallists at Commonwealth Games 2002 at sportinglife.com (accessed 22 September 2007)
- ^ Some Recent Sporting Highlights: Shooting at greshams.com (accessed 22 September 2007)
