George Barton (sport shooter)

{{short description|Australian sport shooter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| fullname = George Raymond Barton

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| birth_place = Tamworth, New South Wales,
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| sport = Shooting

| event = Skeet

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| club = Tamworth Gun Club

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| coach = Greg Chan{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – George Barton|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHAUSM0609197701|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=29 January 2013}}

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{{MedalSilver| 2002 Manchester|Skeet pairs}}

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George Raymond Barton (born 6 September 1977 in Tamworth, New South Wales) is an Australian sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = George Barton|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/george-barton-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074342/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/george-barton-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 29 January 2013}} 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.{{cite news|last=Oakes|first=Dan|title=Going great guns|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/shooting/going-great-guns/2006/03/20/1142703294846.html|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 March 2006|accessdate=29 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=India hits the bullseye|url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Sports+and+Venues/Shooting/News/20060320India+hits+the+bulls+eye.htm|publisher=Melbourne 2006 Corporation|date=20 March 2006|accessdate=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310194438/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Sports+and+Venues/Shooting/News/20060320India+hits+the+bulls+eye.htm|archive-date=10 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|title=Men's Skeet Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM403900/standings.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819214708/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM403900/standings.html |archivedate=19 August 2012 |df=dmy }}{{cite news|title=Tamworth's Olympian shoots in Beijing |url=http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2008/08/15/tamworths-olympian-shoots-in-beijing/ |publisher=NBN News (Australia) |date=21 August 2008 |accessdate=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101204611/http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2008/08/15/tamworths-olympian-shoots-in-beijing/ |archivedate=1 November 2013 |df=dmy }}