Walton Eller


Country
Birth date
Age
06/01/1982 - Houston (USA) 
30
Height
Weight
Gender
191 cm / 6'3" 
82 kg / 181 lbs 
M
Sport
ELLER Walton

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
1Double Trap2008Beijing, CHN190
12Double Trap2000Sydney, NSW, AUS133
17Double Trap2004Athens, GRE127
World Championships
1Double Trap2003Nicosia, CYP192
2Double Trap2002Lahti, FIN187
3Double Trap2011Belgrade, SRB193
4Double Trap2009Maribor, SLO185
Pan American Games
1Double Trap2011Guadalajara, MEX195

Hobbies

Hunting, golf. (usashooting.org, 09 May 2011)

Occupation

Serves in the Army

Education

Business - University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Club name

US Army Marksmanship Unit, United States

Coach

Bret Erickson [national] (ammoland.com, 12 Sep 2011)

Handedness

Right (usashooting.org, 09 May 2011)

Sporting relatives

He was a keen pole vaulter whilst at high school. (about.com, 31 Aug 2008)

Debut

1999 for United States, World Championships (Finland) (usashooting.org, 09 May 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He began at the age of eight under the guidance of a coach. (about.com, 31 Aug 2008)

Ambitions
To defend in London the gold medal he won at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (teamusa.org, 12 Jun 2012)

Awards
He was named USA Shooting's Athlete of the Year in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2008 and the Military Marksmanship Association Soldier of the Year in 2009. (goarmy.com, 01 May 2012)

He was the first US athlete to ever win the junior title in the British Open Sporting Clay competition, in 1996. (about.com, 31 Aug 2008)

General
POST-BEIJING BLUES
London 2012 will be the fourth time he has competed at the Olympic Games, but he admits the road back to the Games was hard since winning gold at Beijing 2008. "After the [Olympic] gold medal there's nowhere to go but down so I fell, stumbled and hung around down there for a while and slowly eased my way back, but that's what it's all about though. Now, I have the opportunity to go back and win another one." (teamusa.org, 20 May 2012)

LOST GUN
He lost his competition gun in March 2011 while en route to an event in Chile. (teamusa.org, 20 May 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000


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