David Phelps (born 10 April 1977) is a Welsh sport shooter, who won Gold in the 50 meter rifle prone individual competition and Bronze in the corresponding pairs event for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He went on to win individual Gold in the event at the

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History

Phelps comes from

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. In August 2014, he married England Commonwealth rifle shooter Sheree Cox.

Career

In 2000 and 2001, Phelps won back-to-back British Prone Championships at the

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National Meeting. Phelps was selected for his first Commonwealth Games in 2002 where he qualified for the final in the Men's 50M Prone Rifle, finishing 6th. He finished 11th in the Men's Prone Rifle Pairs with team-mate Robin Hilborne. Four years later he earned selection for the

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, by which time he was representing Great Britain at

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level. On 22 March 2006, Phelps claimed Gold in the men's singles prone rifle event, with a score of 698.3. He followed this with a Bronze in the pairs prone rifle event with teammate Gruffudd Morgan. Phelps was selected again for the

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in 2010, in the singles and paired prone rifle (paired this time with Jamie Dummer), but failed to qualify for the final. In 2014 Phelps saw his fourth selection for

to the

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in Glasgow where he finished twelfth in the Prone Rifle. In January 2018 Phelps' fifth Commonwealth Selection was announced ahead of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. He went on to win Gold in the Men's Prone Rifle.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Phelps, David British male sport shooters Welsh male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Living people Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales Sportspeople from Cardiff 1977 births Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Shooters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Winners of the Earl Roberts Memorial Challenge Cup