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| Born | 12 July 1960 (age 61) Pistoia, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Trap Double trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start activity | 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marco Venturini (born 12 July 1960) is an Italian former sport shooter who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Pistoia. [1]
Venturini won 17 medals at international senior level. [2]
The men's trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 14 and 15 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. There were 35 competitors from 26 nations, with each nation having up to two shooters.
Maria Zdravkova Grozdeva, married surname Grigorova is a Bulgarian sport shooter, concentrating on both 25 metre pistol and 10 metre air pistol. She is the only woman to have successfully defended the 25 metre pistol title at the Olympic Games. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's 25 m pistol, and Women's 10 m air pistol.
Ennio Mattarelli is an Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal in trap shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Men's trap shooting was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. It was held on 20 and 21 July 1996 at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex. there were 58 competitors from 41 nations, with each nation having up to three shooters. Michael Diamond of Australia won, setting two new Olympic records, ahead of two Americans. After the regular 150 targets, it took a marathon shoot-off to separate the silver and bronze medalists; after both shooters had hit 27 straight targets, Josh Lakatos hit his 28th while Lance Bade missed. It was the first medal in the men's trap for Australia; the United States had most recently been on the podium in the event in 1984.
Trap was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the last Olympic trap competition open to both men and women. It was held from 31 July to 2 August 1992 at the Mollet del Vallès. There were 54 competitors from 36 nations, with each nation having up to 3 shooters. The competition consisted of a qualification round of 150 targets, a semifinal of 50 targets for the top 24 competitors, and a final of 25 targets for the top six. Petr Hrdlička and Kazumi Watanabe both hit 219 of the 225 targets, with Hrdlička winning the gold medal shoot-off. One hit behind, another shoot-off determined the bronze medalist, with Marco Venturini defeating Jörg Damme. Hrdlička's victory was the first gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the trap, shortly after the nation won its first medal in the event. Watanabe's silver was Japan's first medal in the trap. Venturini put Italy back on the podium after a one-Games absence in 1988 broke a four-Games medal streak in the event.
The trap competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held on 18–20 July in Montreal, Canada. There were 44 competitors from 29 nations, with each nation limited to two shooters. The event was won by Donald Haldeman of the United States, the nation's first victory in the trap since back-to-back wins in 1912 and 1920. The three total victories tied the United States with Italy for most among nations at the time, though Italy would win the next two and the United States has not win again since. In this Games, Ubaldesco Baldi of Italy took bronze. Silver went to Armando Marques of Portugal, that nation's first medal in the trap.
Deborah Gelisio is a former Italian sport shooter who won a silver medal in Double trap at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Petra Zublasing is an Italian sport shooter who won the 10 m air rifle event at the 2014 World Championships.
Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz is a Puerto Rican sport shooter. At age thirty-five, Bennazar made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in two shotgun events. He placed twenty-seventh in the men's trap, with a score of 112 points, tying his position with France's Yves Tronc and Italy's Marco Venturini. Few days later, he competed for his second event, the double trap, where he was able to fire 3 sets of 50 shots, for an overall total score of 122 points, finishing only in twenty-third place.
Marco Rodolfo Matellini Walker is a Peruvian sport shooter. At age thirty-six, Matellini made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's skeet shooting. He finished only in fortieth place by four points ahead of Syria's Roger Dahi, for a total score of 95 targets.
Mauro Badaracchi is an Italian sport shooter. He won two gold medals for the air pistol at the 2008 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at the 2010 ISSF World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, accumulating scores of 684.4 and 685.9 points, respectively. Badaracchi is a member of the shooting team for Gruppo Sportivo Forestale, and is coached and trained by Vincenzo Spilotro.
Susanne Kiermayer is a retired German sport shooter. Kiermayer had won a total of nine medals for both trap and double trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup series. She also captured a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Barcelona, Spain, striking a total of 91 clay pigeons. Kiermayer is currently a vice-president of the German Shooting Federation.
Fátima Gálvez Marín is a Spanish sport shooter. She was the World champion in the individual trap event at the 2015 World Shotgun Championships, and won the Olympic champion in the team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Bernard Yeoh Cheng Han is a Malaysian sport shooter and restaurateur. He was selected to compete for Malaysia in trap shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in thirty-fourth place. Yeoh is a member of the A1 Shooting Ground in Barnet, England, United Kingdom, where he trains full-time under Italian-born coach Claudio Capaldo.
Roberta Pelosi is an Italian sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has established a career tally of eighteen medals in a major international competition, including a world-record breaking gold at the 1998 ISSF World Cup meet in Cairo, Egypt and a silver in women's trap at the 2003 World Shotgun Championships in Nicosia, Cyprus. Pelosi is a member of Valle Aniene Target Shooting Club, and a resident athlete of the Italian Clay Shooting Federation, where she trains under head coach and 1996 Olympic double trap medalist Albano Pera.
Niki Marty is a Swiss sport shooter. He won a bronze medal in rapid fire pistol shooting at the 2002 ISSF World Championships in Lahti, Finland, and was selected to compete for Switzerland at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in twelfth place. Marty trains under Polish-born head coach and four-time Olympian Krzysztof Kucharczyk for the national team at Küsnacht Shooting Range in his native Zürich.
Franco Venturini is an Italian rower. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
San Marino competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Marcello Tittarelli is an Italian former sports shooter who won two gold medals with the national team at senior level at the World Championships. He also competed in the men's trap event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Bianca Rosa Hansberg is a former Italian female sport shooter who won medals at individual senior level at the World Championships and European Championships.
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