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{{short description|Australian sport shooter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{MedalTableTop|name=Adam Vella|medals=
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Shooting sports|shooting]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{AUS}} }}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's trap|Trap]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Shooting at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Trap pairs]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Trap pairs]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Dehli]] | [[Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Trap pairs]]}}
{{Medal| Gold | [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | Trap}}
{{Medal|Silver | 2002 Manchester | Trap}}
}}

'''Adam Joseph Vella''' (born 12 June 1971) is the National Shotgun Coach of the Australian Team.  He is a former Australian olympic clay target shooting champion.   Vella was born in [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]] and is a [[Commonwealth Games]] four times gold medalist and an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] bronze medalist.<ref name="bronze">{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/15/1092508265755.html |title=Vella rises as Diamond falls |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605061103/http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/15/1092508265755.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Adam Vella is the only shooter who has ever ranked #1 in the World at the same time in Trap and Double Trap.

Despite being the No 1 ranked shooter in the world in 2007, Adam missed on the selection to the 2008 Olympics.  His international performances were not taken into consideration as per the AISL Olympic selection criteria and the position was won by [[Craig Henwood]] after beating Adam by 1 target.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/vellas-games-are-shot/story-e6frf9if-1111115850348 Adam Vella's Beijing Olympics dream is over]</ref>

Adam Vella represented Australia in 2016, his third Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-16 |title=Shooting Australia's Final Two Athletes Nominated - Shooting Australia |url=http://www.shootingaustralia.org/news/2016/shooting-australias-final-two-athletes-nominated/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816171036/http://www.shootingaustralia.org/news/2016/shooting-australias-final-two-athletes-nominated/ |archive-date=16 August 2016 }}</ref>

Adam Vella retired from professional Shooting and since December 2016 he has been appointed by Shooting Australia as the National High Performance Shotgun Coach.  "Adam's appointment comes after a competitive recruitment process and at an important time for the sport of shooting, as an Olympic and Commonwealth Games Medallist and former World Number One in two of the three shotgun disciplines Adam comes with an impeccable sporting pedigree. But most importantly he comes as the right person to lead our shotgun team. We need someone who knows the sport from the grass roots to the podium, someone who also has the strength of character to ensure that the sport of shooting challenges itself and delivers on its commitment to being better than it is today. Adam Vella is the unanimous choice of our selection panel" commented Shooting Australia CEO Damien Marangon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-04 |title=Adam Vella confirmed as National High Performance Shotgun Coach - Shooting Australia |url=http://www.shootingaustralia.org/media/media-releases/2016/adam-vella-confirmed-as-national-high-performance-shotgun-coach/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104164730/http://www.shootingaustralia.org/media/media-releases/2016/adam-vella-confirmed-as-national-high-performance-shotgun-coach/ |archive-date=4 January 2017 }}</ref>

Adam Vella also conducts clay target shooting events through his business Oz Shooting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://ozshooting.com.au/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=ozshooting |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20160816171036/http://www.shootingaustralia.org/news/2016/shooting-australias-final-two-athletes-nominated/

== External links ==
* {{ISSF}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{AOC profile}}
* {{CGA profile|adam-vella}}
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile}}
* {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|278907}}

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