Beretta USA Team Shooter Glenn Eller Returns to His Winning Ways
October 31, 2011
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Accokeek, MD (October 28, 2011) Sergeant Glenn Eller’s 2011 shooting season did not start off quite as he would have hoped, especially with the loss of his Beretta shotgun, but as the season has progressed he has emerged as the Glenn Eller of old. The 2008 Men’s Double Trap Olympic gold medalist, and Beretta USA team shooter, can now add a 2011 Pan American Men’s Double Trap gold medal to his trophy case.
Blowing his competition away with 147 out of a possible 150 targets, including a perfect 50 in the second round, Eller set a new Pan American Games record both for his match total and his overall total of 195. This golden moment follows the U.S. Olympic Fall Trials where he is in first place going into the final spring selections next May, and a bronze medal performance at the ISSF World Clay Target Championship in Belgrade, Serbia. Eller certainly has his game face on as the 2012 Olympics approach, until then he can take pride in claiming the one international gold medal that was previously lacking from his trophy case.
Beretta, established in 1526, is the oldest industrial dynasty in the world tracing its roots through 16 generations of continuous family ownership. Firearms bearing the Beretta name have been sold for almost 500 years. Beretta USA Corp. was founded in 1977 and supplies the standard sidearm to the U.S. Armed Forces. Today, Beretta manufactures, distributes and markets a complete line of firearms, accessories and apparel. Beretta also owns and operates six retail Beretta Gallery stores worldwide. For additional information, visit www.berettausa.com.