Dominic Grazioli

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Dominic Grazioli
Personal information
Nickname(s)Dom
NationalityAmerican
Born (1964-02-04) February 4, 1964 (age 58)
Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight249 lb (113 kg)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap

Dominic Grazioli (born February 4, 1964, in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American trap shooter. [1] He won a total of ten medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze) for men's trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup. [2] [3] He also captured a silver medal at the 1997 Championship of the Americas in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and achieved a fourth-place finish at the 1999 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Tampere, Finland. [2] Additionally, Grazioli serves as a reserve major in the U.S. Air Force at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. [4]

Grazioli qualified for the men's trap shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Shotgun in Kerrville, Texas. [5] [6] He finished only in twenty-third place by four points behind his teammate Bret Erickson from the fourth attempt, for a total score of 113 targets. [7] [8]

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