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
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold CoastSkeet Men
Commonwealth European Shooting Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 DungannonSkeet Men
Gold medal – first place2018 DungannonSkeet Team
Gold medal – first place2018 DungannonSkeet Mixed Team
Bronze medal – third place2013 Isle of ManSkeet Team
Representing  Great Britain
ISSF World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2022 ChangwonSkeet Men Team

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 has also been a Commonwealth European Champion, winning the Skeet Men individual event in Dungannon, Northern Ireland in 2018. He also won gold the Skeet Team event with his brother Stephen McAuley, and also the Gold in the Skeet Mixed Team event with fellow Commonwealth Games athlete Alexandra Skeggs at the same venue.

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] He also qualified for the ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy,[9] and also the ISSF Grand Prix held in Granada, Spain.[10] He qualified for his final event of the season at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea [11] where along with teammates Ben Llewellin and Freddie Killander, won a Bronze medal in the Skeet Men team event.[12][13]

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.
  9. "Shotgun Team Announced For ISSF World Cup In Lonato" – via www.britishshooting.org.
  10. "Selection For ISSF Grand Prix Granada, ISSF World Cup Baku And ISSF Grand Prix Konya" – via www.britishshooting.org.
  11. "Changwon Team Announcement" – via www.britishshooting.org.
  12. "Medals Of All Colours On International Stage" – via www.britishshooting.org.
  13. "Team medals were distributed in Korea" – via www.issf-sports.org.


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