Manuel Silva (sport shooter) explained

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Manuel Silva
Fullname:Manuel Moura Vieira da Silva
Birth Date:16 November 1971
Birth Place:Porto, Portugal
Weight:850NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:Trap
Club:Clube Industrial de Pevidém
Coach:Manuel Ricardo
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Manuel Moura Vieira da Silva (born November 16, 1971, in Porto) is a Portuguese sport shooter.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 1999 ISSF World Shotgun Championships in Tampere, Finland, and eventually captured a total of six medals (one gold, two silver, and three bronze) for the men's trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup series.[2] He also competed in the mixed trap shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and men's trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, Silva qualified for his third Portuguese team, as a 36-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the silver medal from the first meet of the 2006 ISSF World Cup series in Qingyuan, China, with a score of 145 points.[3] He finished only in twenty-seventh place by one point behind Canada's Giuseppe di Salvatore, for a total score of 111 targets.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Manuel Silva. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104755/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/manuel-da-silva-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 25 December 2012.
  2. Web site: ISSF Profile – Manuel Silva. ISSF. 16 January 2013.
  3. News: Manavjit missed bronze by whisker. Outlook India. 5 April 2006. 16 January 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130216150303/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=375952. 16 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's Trap Qualification . . 16 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819214643/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM401900/standings.html . 19 August 2012 .