Walton Glenn Eller III (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and five-time U.S. Olympic athlete (

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). At the

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, he won the gold medal in men's double trap setting both an Olympic Record and a Final Olympic Record. Eller was born in

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, 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. 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. Additionally, Glenn Eller is a Sergeant First Class in the

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. He is part of the

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(USAMU), stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Olympic results

Walton Eller at 2008 Summer Olympics double trap finals

Records

References

External links

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USA Shooting profile

Army Olympic Team
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