Giovanni Cernogoraz Explained

Nickname:Gianni[1]
Citizenship:Croatian, Italian[2] [3] [4] [5]
Birth Date:1982 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Koper, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height:1.84m (06.04feet)
Weight:800NaN0
Country:Croatia
Sport:Shooting
Event:Trap, Double trap
Club:Gord Velika Gorica
Coach:Stjepan Vučković (personal)
Željko Vađić (national)
Olympics:2012

Giovanni Cernogoraz (born 27 December 1982) is a Croatian sports shooter.[6] He is an Olympic, World and European champion in trap, as well as two-times European champion in team trap. Competing in shotgun events, he won the Olympic gold medal in men's trap at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.[7] [8] [9] He was elected for Croatian Sportsman of the year by Sportske novosti in 2012.[10]

Career

Cernogoraz started with the sport at an early age, initially becoming interested in it through hunting. He is a member of the Gord sports club based in Velika Gorica and was named Velika Gorica Sportsman of the Year in 2011.[11] After narrowly missing 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Cernogoraz managed to qualify for 2012 Olympic Games after winning the ISSF World Cup in Beijing in 2011.[12]

His next notable achievement was winning a gold medal in team trap along with his national team teammates, brothers Anton and Josip Glasnović, and a bronze in individual trap at the 2012 European Shotgun Championships in Larnaca.[13]

At the 2012 Olympics, he managed to qualify for the Olympic final in sixth place with a score of 122. In the final, Cernogoraz scored 24 out of a possible 25, with a total score of 146, equalling the Olympic record and securing a shoot-off for the gold. In the shoot-off, Cernogoraz went on to defeat Italy's Massimo Fabbrizi 6–5 to win gold. It was Croatia's first Olympic gold and only the second shooting sports medal ever won in its entire Olympic history. It was also the first Olympic gold won by an athlete from Istria after Mate Parlov's boxing gold in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[14]

Personal life

Cernogoraz lives in the town of Novigrad in Croatia, where he works as a waiter at his father's restaurant.[15]

Cernogoraz is an Istrian Italian and holds an Italian passport. He is married and has two children.[16] Cernogoraz is a Roman Catholic.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giovanni Cernogoraz – Shooting – Olympic Athlete – London 2012. Athlete. 7 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120730172641/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cernogoraz-giovanni-1084801/. 30 July 2012.
  2. News: Cernogoraz, mezzo oro italiano:"Non so perchè tiro per i croati". Marco Mensurati . La Repubblica. 6 August 2012 . 6 August 2012. it.
  3. News: Fabbrizi d'argento nella fossa. Le medaglie azzurre sono 17 . Massimo Oriani . . 6 August 2012 . 7 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808230745/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/olimpiadi/fabbrizi_argento_londra_olimpiadi/notizie/212718.shtml . 8 August 2012 . it . dead .
  4. News: Fabbrizi, un argento di rigore. Era al debutto olimpico ma ha sparato come un veterano . Claudio De Min . . 7 August 2012 . 7 August 2012 . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808230745/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/olimpiadi/fabbrizi_argento_londra_olimpiadi/notizie/212718.shtml . 8 August 2012 .
  5. News: L'oro "italiano" di Giovanni manda in estasi Cittanova. Il Piccolo. 8 August 2012. 9 August 2012. it. 11 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120811002425/http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/08/08/news/l-oro-italiano-di-giovanni-manda-in-estasi-cittanova-1.5514605. dead.
  6. Web site: Giovanni Cernogoraz . Sports-Reference.com . 6 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120813020715/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/giovanni-cernogoraz-1.html . 13 August 2012 .
  7. News: Giovanni Cernogoraz osvojio zlatnu medalju u trapu!. Giovanni Černogoraž won the gold medal for the trap!. Dominik. Ivan. 6 August 2012. Sportnet.hr. hr. 6 August 2012.
  8. Web site: London 2012: Giovanni Cernogoraz wins trap shoot-off. 6 August 2012. BBC News. 6 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024221131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18908448. 24 October 2012. dead.
  9. Web site: Novigrađanin Giovanni Cernogoraz osvojio zlato u Londonu. Novigradan Giovanni Cernogoraz won gold in London. 6 August 2012. Glas Istre. hr. 6 August 2012.
  10. Web site: Izbor Sportskih: Cernogoraz, Perković, vaterpolisti i rukometašice najbolji u 2012.!. Sports Choice: Cernogoraz, Perkovic, water polo and handball players the best in 2012!. Jutarnji List. 26 December 2012.
  11. Web site: Giovanni Cernogoraz osvojio zlatnu medalju. Giovanni Cernogoraz won the gold medal. 6 August 2012. City of Velika Gorica. hr. 16 August 2012.
  12. Web site: ISSF Portrait. 6 August 2012.
  13. News: Cernogoraz i muška ekipa europski prvaci u streljaštvu. Cernogoraz and European champions in men's team shooting. 25 May 2012. Novi list. hr. 9 August 2012.
  14. Web site: Hrvatska ima treću medalju: Cernogoraz u Novigrad u utorak donosi zlato s Olimpijade!. Croatia's third medal: Novigradian Cernogoraz brings gold from Pulan Olympics on Tuesday!. 6 August 2012. iPress.hr. hr. 9 August 2012. 27 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140227212331/http://www.ipress.hr/sport/hrvatska-ima-trecu-medalju-cernogoraz-u-novigrad-donosi-zlato-s-olimpijade-23292.html. dead.
  15. Web site: Zlatni Cernogoraz – konobar koji sanja posao u MORH-u. 6 August 2012. Index.hr. hr. 17 August 2012.
  16. News: Zlatni olimpijac Cernogoraz već konobari!. 8 August 2012. Večernji list. hr. 9 August 2012.
  17. News: Kako će na referndumu glasati poznatiji Istrani. 29 November 2013. Glas Istre. hr. 29 November 2013.

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