Gareth McAuley (sport shooter)

Gareth McAuley (born 14 October 1992) is a Northern Irish skeet shooter.[2][3]

Gareth McAuley
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1992-10-14) 14 October 1992
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Sport
SportClay pigeon shooting
Event(s)Skeet shooting
Coached byPer Moen/Allen Warren[1]
Medal record
Clay pigeon shooting
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coastskeet

Early life

Gareth McAuley was born in Ballymoney, County Antrim in 1992.

Career

McAuley started his shooting career at Route Gun Club, Ballymoney at the age of 16 in 2009, shooting English Skeet, and progressed onto Olympic Skeet the following year. McAuley qualified for his first Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the skeet event.[4][5][6][7] McAuley is also a two time Home International winner in Olympic Skeet, winning the event in 2016 at Lispopple CPC, Dublin and in 2018 at National Shooting Centre of Scotland.

He is also a Commonwealth European Champion, winning the event in Dungannon, Northern Ireland in 2018. He qualified for the Great Britain team for the first time in 2022, for the ISSF World Cups in Rabat, Morocco and Nicosia, Cyprus.[8]

References
  1. "British Shooting". britishshooting.org.uk.
  2. "Shooting - Athlete Profile: Gareth MCAULEY - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com.
  3. "2016 – It was a very good year". 31 December 2016.
  4. "Dream come true: Gareth McAuley reflects on winning Northern Ireland's second medal of the 2018 Commonwealth Games" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  5. "Commonwealth Games: Shooter McAuley wins bronze". 9 April 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  6. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Medal win is a 'dream come true' for Gareth McAuley".
  7. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Gareth Mcauley wins bronze medal".
  8. "GB Teams Selected For First World Cups of 2022" – via www.britishshooting.org.uk.


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