Francisca Crovetto

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Francisca Crovetto
Francisca Crovetto 2024.jpg
Crovetto at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameFrancisca Crovetto Chadid
NationalityFlag of Chile.svg  Chile
Born (1990-04-27) 27 April 1990 (age 34)
Santiago, Chile
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event Skeet
Coached byAngel Marentis [1] [2]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Skeet
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Skeet
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Skeet
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Skeet
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Skeet
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Medellín Skeet
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Santiago Skeet
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Asunción Skeet
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Cochabamba Skeet
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Trujillo Skeet
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Santa Marta Skeet

Francisca Crovetto Chadid (born April 27, 1990, in Santiago) is a Chilean sport shooter. [2] [3] She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's skeet event, marking the third gold medal in Chilean Olympic history and becoming the first Chilean woman to win gold. [4]

Crovetto represented Chile at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, competing as the nation's sole shooter in the women's skeet. She placed eighth in the qualifying rounds, narrowly missing the finals by one point behind Sweden's Therese Lundqvist, with a total score of 66 targets. [5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Crovetto was again Chile's lone representative in sport shooting, finishing 19th. [6] She also represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [7] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Crovetto won gold in women's skeet, defeating Britain's Amber Rutter in a controversial tiebreaker. [8] They were tied 55-55 after 60 shots, but Crovetto prevailed 7-6 in the tiebreaker to win Chile's first gold medal in two Olympic Games. [9]

At the Pan American Games, Crovetto boasts a gold medal from the 2023 Santiago edition, silver medals from the 2011 Guadalajara and 2019 Lima editions, [1] [10] and a bronze from 2015 Toronto edition. [11]

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