Jorge Guardiola

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Jorge Guardiola
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Men's shooting
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Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Skeet

Jorge Guardiola (born 1963) is a Spanish sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [1]

Olympic results
Event19881992
Skeet Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
147+49+24
16th
146+50

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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)