Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian sport shooter. [2] 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). [3] [4] 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. [1] [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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Full name | Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 23 September 1969|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (
AP60) 25 m rapid fire pistol ( RFP) 50 m pistol ( FP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Caça e Tiro Dias Velho [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Silvio Aguiar [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian sport shooter. [2] 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). [3] [4] 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. [1] [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]