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Glenn Eller

Glenn Eller

Eller in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Walton Glenn Eller III
Born	(1982-01-06) January 6, 1982 (age 42) 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 Men's shooting Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Double trap World Championships 2013 Lima Double trap 2018 Changwon Trap team

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[edit]

Event	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
Double trap	12th 133	17th 127	Gold 145+45	22nd 126	14th 131

Records[edit]

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)	edit

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walton Glenn Eller.

• Glenn Eller at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• USA Shooting profile Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• Army Olympic Team
• Army Bio Archived February 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine

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