WANGARATTA Shooting Club shooter James Willett has won gold at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Newly ranked world number one Willett secured the gold medal in the Men's Trap event.

Willett shot 121 out of 125 targets during the two days of qualification, and went into the final as the fifth highest qualifier out of the six male finalists.

Willett was too strong in the final, missing only a couple of early targets and then an additional two later in the final, as he increased his lead over Slovakian, Filip Marinov. Willett closed out the final with a score of 46 out of 50.

Marinov won the silver with a score of 42.

The bronze medal went to Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas (GUA).

This is Willett's 16th World Cup medal and seventh gold medal.

The Australian Shooting Team will continue their campaign in Baku, as part of the Paris 2024 Olympic Nomination process, with shotgun, pistol and rifle events still to be competed in.