Glyn Barnett

Glyn Cawley Daer Barnett (born 1 December 1961)"Old Greshamian Club Address Book" (Cheverton & Son Ltd., Cromer, 1999)] , is a British international rifleman who won a shooting Gold Medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne [http://www.ulrc.org.uk/?p=68 A Recent History of The University of London Rifle Club] (accessed 22 September 2007)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/commonwealth_games/results/4783050.stm Commonwealth Games results] at bbc.co.uk (accessed 22 September 2007)] .

Early life

From 1981 to 1989, Barnett attended Gresham's School, Holt [http://www.greshams.com/detail/docs/senior_sport_achievements.pdf Some Recent Sporting Highlights: Shooting] at greshams.com (accessed 22 September 2007)] , where he first took up full-bore rifle shooting as a serious sport.

hooting career

While at school, he represented Gresham's in the English schools shooting championships at Bisley, and he then shot for the Great Britain under-19 team in Canada, coming second in the Canadian Championships. The next year he joined the international circuit as a member of the Great Britain senior team.

During his student years he shot for the University of London, Norfolk, England, and Great Britain. He took part in his first World Championships representing Great Britain in 1992.

His first Commonwealth Games came in 1994, in Victoria, British Columbia. He won a bronze medal in the singles and a silver medal in the pairs. At the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002, he won a bronze medal in the pairs, shooting with Jane Messer [ [http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth_games/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=commonwealth/02/08/05/COMMONWEALTH_Medallists_Home_Nations.html&TEAMHD= Home Nations Medallists at Commonwealth Games 2002] at sportinglife.com (accessed 22 September 2007)] . He won HM the Queen’s Prize in 2002 and again in 2003, becoming the only person to win the prize in consecutive years.

Selected again for the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne in 2006, he shot in the full-bore rifle pairs competition in partnership with Dr Parag Patel (the youngest man ever to win the Canadian Open Championships). Together they took the Gold Medal. Barnett commented "None of this would be possible without the support of family, friends, psychologists, coaches, and work colleagues."

Medical career

From 1990 to 1996, Barnett trained as a doctor at London's "Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School", now the Imperial College School of Medicine. He is now an Emergency Medicine Consultant in London [http://careerfocus.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7559/27 Shooting for gold] at bmj.com (accessed 22 September 2007)] .

Family

Barnett and his wife have two daughters and live in London.

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