Glenn Eller
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| Full name | Walton Glenn Eller III | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 6, 1982 (age 42) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Walton Glenn Eller III[1] (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and four-time U.S. Olympic athlete (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012). At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in men's double trap setting both an Olympic Record and a Final Olympic Record.[2][3]
Eller was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Clara Anne (née Rackley) and Walton Glenn Eller, Jr.[4] In 1996, Eller was the first American to win the British Open Sporting Clay junior title. In 1994, he was the U.S. National Sporting Clay subjunior champion.[5]
Additionally, Glenn Eller is a specialist in the United States Army. He is part of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia.[5]
Olympic results
| Event | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
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| Double trap | 12th 133 |
17th 127 |
 Gold145+45 |
22nd 126 |
Records
| Current world records held in double trap | ||||||
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| Men | Teams | 424 |  Italy (Innocenti, Bernasconi, Gasparini) Italy (Barillà, Di Spigno, Gasparini)
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August 3, 2013 September 14, 2014 |
Suhl (GER) Granada (ESP) |
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References
- ^ http://www.army.mil/olympics/2008/bios/eller.html
- ^ "Results Men's Double Trap Qualification & Shoot-Off". Beijing 2008 Official Website. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ "Final Results Men's Double Trap Final". Beijing 2008 Official Website. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/olympics08/eller.htm
- ^ a b "Walton (Glenn) Eller". USA Shooting. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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