The teenager is a rising star in the growing sport of clay pigeon shooting, and he's hoping to bring home a haul of medals at the Games when they come to London in four years.

Jordan, 17, only took up the sport a few months ago after being introduced to it during a work outing to Manchester.

But now it has become his passion.

He practises for many hours a week and travels up and down the country every weekend taking part in competitions.

Next week, the former Priesthorpe High School pupil will take up his biggest challenge yet – representing Yorkshire against hundreds of other enthusiasts in the English Open Sporting Championships – and he is confident of doing well.

Jordan, an apprentice electrician, said he had fallen in love with the sport the very first time he tried it.

"It was awesome and I was hooked," he said. "I decided to research on what was required, then applied for a shot gun firearms certificate from West Yorkshire Police.

"It was a very tricky application which involved home visits etc as they don't just hand them out for fun."

After getting his licence, Jordan bought his first shotgun and started practising regularly.

He has now been shooting for less than four months and currently travels around England on Sundays to competition shoots.

He also gets in as much practice as he can at Yorkgate Gun Club in Otley.

"I absolutely love the sport and am always getting asked questions from people," Jordan said. When you see the target break and you hear the sound it's a real sense of achievement. I would love to do it professionally.

"It would be awesome to represent my country at the 2012 Olympics!"

Jordan said the English Open Sporting Championship, which takes place in Shropshire on Thursday, May 8, was by far the biggest shoot that he had competed in and he hoped to earn a "very respectable position".