Amelia Fournel

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Amelia Fournel
Personal information
Full nameAmelia Rosa Fournel
NationalityFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Santa Fe, Argentina
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
ClubTiro Federal Santa Fé [1]
Coached byJulio Escalante
Claudio Fournel [1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata AR40
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto STR3X20
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg AR40
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo AR40

Amelia Rosa Fournel (born 1977 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine sport shooter. [2] She produced a career tally of five medals, including four (two silver and two bronze) from the Pan American Games, and was selected to compete for Argentina in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000). [1] Having pursued the sport since the age of fifteen, Fournel trained full-time for the Santa Fe Shooting Federation (Spanish : Tiro Federal Santa Fe) in her native Santa Fe, under her personal coach and brother Claudio Fournel. [1] [3]

Fournel's Olympic debut came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she scored 392 points to finish in a thirteenth-place tie with four other shooters in the 10 m air rifle, narrowly missing out the final round by just a single-point gap. [4]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Fournel qualified for her second Argentine squad in rifle shooting, by having registered a minimum Olympic qualifying standard of 388 and finishing third from the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [5] In the 10 m air rifle, Fournel could not improve her previous Olympic feat in the qualifying stage, as she logged a dismal score of 390 out of 400 that ended her up in a twenty-eighth place tie with three other shooters. [6] [7] In her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Fournel fired 188 in the prone and 177 each in both standing and kneeling to accumulate an overall record of 542 points, leaving her towards the bottom of the leaderboard in the penultimate position out of forty-two prospective shooters. [8]

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amelia Fournel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Balderrama, Ariel (17 October 2007). "El Tiro local tuvo su certamen anual" [Local shooters had their annual competition] (in Spanish). Sunchales Hoy. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Women's 10m Air Rifle" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 119. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fournel se llevó bronce" [Fournel wins the bronze] (in Spanish). Olé. 31 July 1999. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Women's 10m Air Rifle" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 78–80. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nancy Johnson wins first gold of Sydney Games". Canoe.ca. 16 September 2000. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 81–86. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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