Alfonso de Iruarrizaga

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Alfonso de Iruarrizaga (born 22 August 1957) is a Chilean sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [1] Iruarrizaga was the only medalist for Chile at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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Event19881992
Skeet Silver medal icon.svg Silver
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42nd
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References

  1. "1988 Summer Olympics Seoul, South Korea Shooting" Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 26 September 2008)