George Barton (sport shooter)

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George Barton
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Raymond Barton
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1977-09-06) 6 September 1977 (age 45)
Tamworth, New South Wales,
Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Skeet
ClubTamworth Gun Club [1]
Coached byGreg Chan [1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester Skeet pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Skeet pairs

George Raymond Barton (born 6 September 1977 in Tamworth, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter. [2] He won a bronze medal in men's skeet pair shooting, along with his brother Clive Barton, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, with a total score of 183 points. [3] [4]

Barton made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed twenty-ninth in men's skeet shooting, with a total score of 118 points, tying his position with Egypt's Mostafa Hamdy.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Barton competed for the second time, as a 30-year-old, in men's skeet shooting, along with his teammate Paul Rahman. He finished only in seventeenth place by one point behind Czech Republic's Jan Sychra, for a total score of 116 targets. [5] [6]

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References

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