Maura Genovesi Explained

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Maura Genovesi
Birth Date:25 May 1973
Birth Place:Lucca, Italy
Weight:540NaN0
Sport:Shooting
Event:10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Club:Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
Coach:Aldo Andreotti
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Maura Genovesi (born 25 May 1973 in Lucca) is an Italian sport shooter.[1] She won a silver medal in women's sport pistol at the 2008 ISSF World Cup series in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, accumulating a score of 784.9 points.[2] [3] Genovesi is a member of the shooting team for Gruppo Sportivo Forestale, and is coached and trained by Aldo Andreotti.[4]

Genovesi represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two pistol shooting events. She placed twenty-eighth out of forty-four shooters in the women's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Hungary's Zsófia Csonka from the final attempt, with a total score of 378 targets.[5] Three days later, Genovesi competed for her second event, 25 m pistol, where she was able to shoot 291 targets in the precision stage, and 285 in the rapid fire, for a total score of 576 points, finishing only in twenty-fourth place.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Maura Genovesi. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/maura-genovesi-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 25 January 2013.
  2. Web site: ISSF Profile – Maura Genovesi. ISSF. 25 January 2013.
  3. News: Tiro a Segno: Maura Genovesi seconda a Rio nella Pistola Sportiva. Shooting: Maura Genovesi finishes second in sport pistol at Rio. Italian. Blogo Italiano. 27 March 2008. 25 January 2013.
  4. Web site: CONI Profile – Maura Genovesi. Italian. Italian National Olympic Committee. 25 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification . . 25 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816052426/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW203901/index.html . 16 August 2012 .
  6. Web site: Women's 25m Pistol Qualification . . 25 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053058/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW204902/index.html . 16 August 2012 .