Giuseppe Giordano Explained

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Giuseppe Giordano
Birth Date:16 July 1974
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Weight:740NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
Club:Centro Sportivo Esercito
Coach:Marco Masetti
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Giuseppe Giordano (born July 16, 1974, in Naples) is an Italian sport shooter.[1] [2] He won a bronze medal in the men's free pistol at the 2011 ISSF World Cup series in Munich, Germany, with a total score of 659.6 points, earning him a spot on the Italian team for the Olympics.[3] [4] Giordano is also a member of the shooting team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Marco Masetti.[1] [5]

Giordano represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 50 m pistol, along with his teammate and three-time Olympian Francesco Bruno. Giordano barely advanced to the final, after scoring a total of 559 targets from the qualifying rounds, and winning a shoot-off by one tenth of a point ahead of Portugal's João Costa, with a bonus of 49.6.[6] Unfortunately, he finished only in fifth place by six points behind winner and defending Olympic champion Jin Jong-Oh of South Korea (662.0), accumulating a score of 656.0 targets (97.0 in the final).[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giuseppe Giordano. London 2012. 10 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130501212255/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/giordano-giuseppe-1088974/. 1 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Giuseppe Giordano . 10 February 2013 . 2013-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130206073550/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/giuseppe-giordano-1.html . 6 February 2013 .
  3. Web site: ISSF Profile – Giuseppe Giordano. ISSF. 10 February 2013.
  4. News: 50m Pistol – World's #1 Matsuda defeat Serbia's Zlatic at 9th shot. ISSF. 19 June 2011. 10 February 2013.
  5. Web site: CONI Profile – Giuseppe Giordano. Italian. Italian National Olympic Committee. 10 February 2013.
  6. Web site: Men's 50m Pistol Qualification. London 2012. 10 February 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411082251/www.london2012.com/shooting/event/men-50m-pistol/phase=shm201900/index.html. 11 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Men's 50m Pistol Final. London 2012. 10 February 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411073421/www.london2012.com/shooting/event/men-50m-pistol/phase=shm201100/index.html. 11 April 2013.