Glenn Eller
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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]
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Full name | Walton Glenn Eller III | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-01-06) January 6, 1982 (age 42) Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[6]