Júlio Almeida Explained

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Júlio Almeida
Fullname:Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida
Birth Date:23 September 1969
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height:1.80 m
Weight:90 kg
Country:Brazil
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP60)
25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP)
50 m pistol (FP)
Club:Caça e Tiro Dias Velho
Coach:Silvio Aguiar
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Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian sport shooter.[1] Almeida had won a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze) in pistol shooting at the Pan American Games (1995 in Mar de Plata, Argentina, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, and 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico).[2] [3] He also captured a silver and a bronze medal in centre-fire and standard pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, with scores of 586 and 574, respectively.[4] [5]

At age thirty-nine, Almeida made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in three pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 580 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point behind Armenia's Norayr Bakhtamyan from the final attempt, finishing only in thirteenth place.[6] Three days later, Almeida placed eighteenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by three points ahead of Italy's Francesco Bruno, with a total score of 554 targets.[7] For his third and final event, 25 m rapid fire pistol, Almeida was able to shoot a total of 568 targets (284 each on the first and second stage) in the preliminary rounds, finishing only in eleventh place by four points behind China's Liu Zhongsheng.[8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Júlio Almeida. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032147/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/julio-almeida-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 20 January 2013.
  2. News: Em disputa emocionante, Julio Almeida é prata no tiro. With dispute and excitement, Julio Almeida takes silver in shooting. Portuguese. Estadao Esporte. 17 July 2007. 20 January 2013.
  3. News: Cayó el primer oro para Guatemala en Guadalajara 2011. First gold fell to Guatemala in Guadalajara 2011. Spanish. Fox Sports Español. 18 October 2011. 20 January 2013.
  4. Web site: ISSF Profile – Júlio Almeida. ISSF. 20 January 2013.
  5. News: Center fire pistol: Leonid Ekimov added another medal to his stellar year. ISSF. 9 August 2010. 20 January 2013.
  6. Web site: Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification . . 20 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053200/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM203901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  7. Web site: Men's 50m Pistol Qualification . . 20 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054005/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM201901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  8. Web site: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification – Stage 1 . . 20 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053928/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM202901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  9. Web site: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification – Stage 2 . . 20 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054059/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM202902/index.html . 16 August 2012 .

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