Full name George Raymond Barton Coached by Greg Chan Weight 80 kg Nationality Australia Name George Barton Events Skeet shooting | Sport Shooting Role Clive Barton's brother Siblings Clive Barton Club Tamworth Gun Club Height 1.81 m | |
Born 6 September 1977 (age 46) ( 1977-09-06 ) Tamworth, New South Wales,
Australia | ||
George Raymond Barton (born 6 September 1977 in Tamworth, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter. 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.
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.