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José Torres Laboy | |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1971 |
Birth Place: | Salinas, Puerto Rico |
Weight: | 910NaN0 |
Sport: | Shooting |
Event: | Trap, double trap |
Coach: | Jon Ogilvie |
Show-Medals: | yes |
José Torres Laboy (born September 8, 1971, in Salinas) is a Puerto Rican sport shooter.[1] [2] He won a silver medal in the men's double trap at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, accumulating a score of 185 targets (136 in the qualifying round and 49 in the final).[3] [4]
At age 40, Torres held his distinction of being the oldest member of the Puerto Rican team to be selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's double trap. He scored a total of 127 targets in the qualifying rounds by one point ahead of U.S. shooter and defending Olympic champion Walton Eller, finishing only in twenty-first place.[5]