George Barton (sport shooter)

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]

George Barton
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Raymond Barton
Nationality Australia
Born (1977-09-06) 6 September 1977
Tamworth, New South Wales,
Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Skeet
ClubTamworth Gun Club[1]
Coached byGreg Chan[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne Skeet (pairs)

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]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – George Barton". ISSF. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Barton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. Oakes, Dan (20 March 2006). "Going great guns". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. "India hits the bullseye". Melbourne 2006 Corporation. 20 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. "Men's Skeet Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  6. "Tamworth's Olympian shoots in Beijing". NBN News (Australia). 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.


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