George Barton
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Raymond Barton
Nationality Australia
Born (1977-09-06) 6 September 1977
Tamworth, New South Wales,
Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
EventSkeet
ClubTamworth Gun Club[1]
Coached byGreg Chan[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 ManchesterSkeet pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Skeet pairs

George Raymond Barton (born 6 September 1977 in Tamworth, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter.[2] He won a bronze medal in men's skeet pair shooting, along with his brother Clive Barton, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, with a total score of 183 points.[3][4]

Barton made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed twenty-ninth in men's skeet shooting, with a total score of 118 points, tying his position with Egypt's Mostafa Hamdy.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Barton competed for the second time, as a 30-year-old, in men's skeet shooting, along with his teammate Paul Rahman. He finished only in seventeenth place by one point behind Czech Republic's Jan Sychra, for a total score of 116 targets.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "ISSF Profile – George Barton". ISSF. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Barton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Oakes, Dan (20 March 2006). "Going great guns". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "India hits the bullseye". Melbourne 2006 Corporation. 20 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's Skeet Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tamworth's Olympian shoots in Beijing". NBN News (Australia). 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.


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