Glyn Barnett
Glyn Cawley Daer Barnett, is a male British international rifleman who won a shooting gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Sport shooting career
From 1981 to 1989, Barnett attended Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where he first took up full-bore rifle shooting as a serious sport.While at school, he represented Gresham's in the schools' shooting championships at Bisley.
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 representing England came in 1994, in Victoria, British Columbia. He won a bronze medal in the fullbore rifle 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. He won HM the Queen's Prize in 2002 and again in 2003, becoming the first person to win the prize in consecutive years. This feat was equalled by David Calvert in 2015/2016.
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. 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."