Glenn Eller Explained

Glenn Eller
Fullname:Walton Glenn Eller III
Birth Date:6 January 1982
Birth Place:Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:1.90 m
Weight:84 kg
Country:United States
Sport:Shooting
Event:Trap
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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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Army Olympians Pvt. First Class Walton Eller III. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080812022143/http://www.army.mil/olympics/2008/bios/eller.html. 2008-08-12.
  2. Web site: Results Men's Double Trap Qualification & Shoot-Off. September 9, 2008. Beijing 2008 Official Website. August 12, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080815034250/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SH/C74I/SHM402101.shtml#SHM402101. August 15, 2008. dead.
  3. Web site: Final Results Men's Double Trap Final. September 9, 2008. Beijing 2008 Official Website. August 12, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080815034250/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SH/C74I/SHM402101.shtml#SHM402101. August 15, 2008. dead.
  4. Web site: Hall of Honor - 2016. May 4, 2020. February 25, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225113501/http://www.katyisd.org/campus/THS/Pages/Hall-of-Honor---2016.aspx. live.
  5. Web site: Eller . freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com . 6 June 2022 . https://archive.today/20120630211259/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/olympics08/eller.htm . 30 June 2012 . dead.
  6. Web site: Walton (Glenn) Eller. September 9, 2008. USA Shooting. July 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150050/http://www.usashooting.org/athlete.php?id=29. dead.

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