 Eller in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walton Glenn Eller III | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 6, 1982 Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Walton Glenn Eller III [1] (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and five-time U.S. Olympic athlete ( 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). 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. He attended James E. Taylor High School in Katy, a suburb of Houston. [4] [5] 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. [6]
Additionally, Glenn Eller is a Sergeant First Class in the United States Army. He is part of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia. [6]
Olympic results
| Event | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double trap |
12th 133 |
17th 127 |
Gold145+45 |
22nd 126 |
14th 131 |
Records
| Current world records held in double trap | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Teams | 424 | 
Italy (
Innocenti,
Bernasconi,
Gasparini)
Italy (
Barillà,
Di Spigno,
Gasparini)
|
August 3, 2013 September 14, 2014 |
Suhl (
GER) Granada ( ESP) |
|
References
- ^ "U.S. Army Olympians | Pvt. First Class Walton Eller III". Archived from the original on August 12, 2008.
- ^ "Results Men's Double Trap Qualification & Shoot-Off". Beijing 2008 Official Website. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Final Results Men's Double Trap Final". Beijing 2008 Official Website. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Hall of Honor - 2016".
- ^ "Eller". freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "Walton (Glenn) Eller". USA Shooting. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
External links
- Glenn Eller at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- USA Shooting profile Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Army Olympic Team
- Army Bio
Olympic champions in men's
double trap | |
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- Olympic medalists in shooting
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- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Houston
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Eller in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walton Glenn Eller III | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 6, 1982 Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Walton Glenn Eller III [1] (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and five-time U.S. Olympic athlete ( 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). 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. He attended James E. Taylor High School in Katy, a suburb of Houston. [4] [5] 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. [6]
Additionally, Glenn Eller is a Sergeant First Class in the United States Army. He is part of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia. [6]
Olympic results
| Event | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double trap |
12th 133 |
17th 127 |
Gold 145+45 |
22nd 126 |
14th 131 |
Records
| Current world records held in double trap | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Teams | 424 |
Italy (
Innocenti,
Bernasconi,
Gasparini)
Italy (
Barillà,
Di Spigno,
Gasparini)
|
August 3, 2013 September 14, 2014 |
Suhl (
GER) Granada ( ESP) |
|
References
- ^ "U.S. Army Olympians | Pvt. First Class Walton Eller III". Archived from the original on August 12, 2008.
- ^ "Results Men's Double Trap Qualification & Shoot-Off". Beijing 2008 Official Website. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Final Results Men's Double Trap Final". Beijing 2008 Official Website. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ "Hall of Honor - 2016".
- ^ "Eller". freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "Walton (Glenn) Eller". USA Shooting. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
External links
- Glenn Eller at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- USA Shooting profile Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Army Olympic Team
- Army Bio
Olympic champions in men's
double trap | |
|---|---|
|
|
| This article about a sport shooting Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1982 births
- Living people
- American male sport shooters
- United States Army soldiers
- Sportspeople from Katy, Texas
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- Trap and double trap shooters
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Houston
- Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- 20th-century American people
- 21st-century American people
- American sport shooting Olympic medalist stubs