The 25-year-old from Peterborough, who took up competitive disability shooting after being injured in a car accident in 2005, began the competition well as he shot 582 in the qualification round of the R1 10 metre air rifle standing SH1 men to enter the final in second place but shot 100.6 in the final to beat Australia's Ashley Adams into second place and take the gold medal.

Bronze went to Zoran Poucki, of Serbia.

Skelhon followed this up with a second gold, this time in the R3 10m air rifle prone SH1 mixed.

He shot 599 in the qualification round, followed by 104.7 in the final to take the top spot.

Silver went to Australia's Elizabeth Kosmala - with 599 and 104.3 - and bronze to Radoslav Malenovsky, of Slovakia, with 598 and 104.5.

British team-mates Deanna Coates and Ian Marsden finished 11th and 12th respectively but all three teamed up to take team bronze with a combined score of 1788.

Team gold went to Australia and silver to Slovakia.

Coates then took silver in the FTR1 falling target rifle SH1 mixed but she just missed out on the podium places in the R2 10m air rifle standing SH1 women after finishing in fourth place with a total score of 487.7 and less than a point away from bronze medal-winner Lotta Helsinger, of Sweden, with 488.5.

Gold went to Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova with 496.8, while Turkey's Suzan Cevik took silver with 489.2.

Buckinghamshire's Georgina Callingham added to Britain's medal tally taking bronze in the R5 10m air rifle prone SH2 mixed.

She shot 599 and 105.5 to take the bronze with a total score of 704.5.

Sweden's Wedin Victoria won gold with a total score of 705.8 and Dragan Ristic, of Serbia, won silver.

A British team of Callingham, James Bevis and Adam Fontain then went on to win team gold in the R5 event with a total score of 1793, silver went to Australia with 1,791 and bronze to Serbia with 1,788.

Britain also claimed silver in the R4 10m Air Rifle SH2 mixed with a score of 1,766 as Australia won gold with 1789 and bronze went to Serbia with 1,756.

Meanwhile international debutant and youngest squad member Amy Hursthouse took gold for Britain in a specially-organised falling target rifle competitions.

At just 12-years-old of age she was also awarded a special prize for the youngest shooter in the contest.

The IPC Shooting Rules and Regulations insist only those who are in the world ranking list will be allowed to compete in falling target rifle and pistol events but, as an exception to this rule, organisers of the Turkish World Cup arranged a falling target Turkish Cup for shooters who were not eligible to compete in IPC falling argets events.

Hursthouse's gold came in the Turkish Cup FTR2 falling target rifle SH2 mixed before Marsden rounded of a strong British performace with silver in the FTR1 falling Target Rifle SH 1 mixed.

Britain's head coach Pasan Kularatne said: "I am delighted with this superb set of results, particularly for our rising stars and I am really pleased to see two new shooters achieve the MQS at their first international competitions."

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