Glenn Kable (born 4 May 1963) is a Fijian

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who specializes in the trap event. He was controversially omitted from the Australian Olympic Team in 2000 after winning the selection shoot and being a member of the World Championship winning Men's

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team from Tampere, Finland, in 1999. He formed the Shooting Association of Fiji shortly thereafter, registering with the ISSF under the Oceanic banner, after an extended business relationship with Fiji, which commenced with family dealings from the late 1970s. He won the World Cup in Korea in 2001 in the first International Shooting event that Fiji had entered. He went on to claim a silver medal in the Italian World Cup that same year in Lonato, climbing to 5th on the World rankings. Subsequently, he picked up a bronze medal at the World Cup in Perth, Australia in 2003, after shooting a perfect 75/75 on the first day. He represented Fiji in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002, shooting off for the final, and reproducing exactly the same result as at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006. Going 1 further in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, making the final before finishing in 6th place. Was a late in inclusion in the 2014 edition of the games after Fiji was a late admission back to the Commonwealth Games Federation. In 2011 he scored a new Pacific Games record by winning all 6 Gold Medals in the Clay Target Shooting events in Nouméa, and to date has won a total of 13 Gold Medals, 4 Silver medals and 4 Bronze medals at the

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(now the Pacific Games) in Suva, Samoa, Nouméa, Port Morseby, and Samoa in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 respectively. At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in joint thirteenth place in the

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qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progress to the final round. He also competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

. He won the 2011 Oceania Title and an Olympic Quota place for 2012 London Olympics. Placed second in the same event in 2015, again collecting the Olympic quota. He also won the 2012 Australian National Olympic Trap Title. He attended high school at

The King's School, Parramatta , motto_translation = "Bravely and Faithfully" , streetaddress = 87–129 Pennant Hills Road , city = North Parramatta, Sydney , state = New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinat ...

. He continued his education at the

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, residing at St Andrew's College, where he studied Law. Specialising in Firearms Law, Kable works Australia wide for Hartmann & Associates of Macquarie Street, Sydney, appearing in court and advising in all matters relating to firearms, clubs and association issues. He has also been appointed to the board of the Australian Clay Target Association.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kable, Glenn 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Sydney Fijian male sport shooters Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of Fiji Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji Shooters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Trap and double trap shooters People educated at The King's School, Parramatta Fijian expatriates in Australia University of Sydney alumni