Nationality Welsh Name David Phelps | Role Sport shooter | |
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David Phelps (born 10 April 1977) is a Welsh sport shooter, who won gold in the 50 meter rifle prone singles and bronze in the corresponding pairs event for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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History
Phelps comes from Cardiff in Wales. In August 2014, he married England Commonwealth rifle shooter Sheree Cox.
Career
Phelps was selected for his first Commonwealth Games in 2002 where he qualified for the final in the Men's 50M Prone Rifle, finishing 6th. He finished 11th in the Men's Prone Rifle Pairs with team-mate Robin Hilborne. He earned his second selection for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, by which time he was representing Great Britain at World Cup level. On 22 March 2006, Phelps claimed gold medal in the men's singles prone rifle event, with a score of 698.3. He followed this with a bronze in the paired prone rifle event with fellow countryman Gruffudd Morgan.
Phelps was selected again for the Commonwealth Games in 2010, in the singles and paired prone rifle (paired this time with Jamie Dummer), but failed to qualify for the final. In 2014 Phelps saw his fourth selection for Wales to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where he finished twelfth in the Prone Rifle Singles.