Manuel Silva (sport shooter)

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Manuel Silva
Personal information
Full nameManuel Moura Vieira da Silva
NationalityFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Born (1971-11-16) 16 November 1971 (age 52)
Porto, Portugal
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap
ClubClube Industrial de Pevidém [1]
Coached byManuel Ricardo [1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1999 TampereTrap

Manuel Moura Vieira da Silva (born November 16, 1971, in Porto) is a Portuguese sport shooter. [2] He won a bronze medal at the 1999 ISSF World Shotgun Championships in Tampere, Finland, and eventually captured a total of six medals (one gold, two silver, and three bronze) for the men's trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup series. [1] He also competed in the mixed trap shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and men's trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

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Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, Silva qualified for his third Portuguese team, as a 36-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the silver medal from the first meet of the 2006 ISSF World Cup series in Qingyuan, China, with a score of 145 points. [3] He finished only in twenty-seventh place by one point behind Canada's Giuseppe di Salvatore, for a total score of 111 targets. [4]

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event199219962008
Trap 11th
193
7th
122
27th
111

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References

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  4. "Men's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.