William Chetcuti is a Maltese

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 sport shooter who specializes in the double trap

Double Trap

Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....

. He is currently the Men's Double Trap World Champion.

At the 2004 Olympic Games

Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 he finished in joint sixth place in the double trap

Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Double Trap

The men's double trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 17 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece...

 qualification. Following a shoot-off he finished ninth, missing out on a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round. He was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony

2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games was held on August 13, 2004 at the Olympic Stadium in Maroussi, Greece, a suburb of Athens. 72,000 spectators attended the event, with approximately 15,000 athletes from 202 countries participating in the ceremony as well...

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He won a bronze medal at both the 2002

2002 Commonwealth Games

The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...

 and 2006

2006 Commonwealth Games

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 Commonwealth Games.

He then finished sixth at the 2008 World Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games

Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

 he again finished in joint sixth place in the double trap qualification. Following a shoot-off he finished eighth.

Chetcuti also holds the junior world record in this event.

William claimed Gold at the Double Trap Men Final in 2011, finishing on the highest step of the podium with a total score of 185 targets. Apart from being the current double trap world champion, he has also won Malta's first Olympic quota and will be participating in London 2012 olympic games.

Current world records held in double trap Double Trap Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
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