Andrea Benelli
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Florence, Italy | 28 June 1960|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrea Benelli (born June 28, 1960) is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and also earned a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]
Benelli is two times World Champion in Skeet Shooting, from 1987 and 1990. He earned a silver medal in 1986, and a bronze medal in 1999.[2]
He owns and runs a Tourist Villa named Agriturismo Petrognano,[3] located in Saint Ellero, Florence. It is a restored 18th-century farmhouse with a practice range behind it.
Olympic results
Event | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
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Skeet (mixed) | 20th 145+49 |
25th 145 |
Not held | |||
Skeet (men) | Not held | Bronze 123+24 |
5th 122+24 |
Gold 124+25 |
24th 113 |
References
- ↑ Profile: "Andrea Benelli" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 15, 2008)
- ↑ "Shooting World Championships–Men: Skeet" (Retrieved on January 15, 2008)
- ↑ Agriturismo Petrognano
External links
- Andrea Benelli at Sports Reference
- Profile of Andrea Benelli at ISSF web site
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