| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | 
El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1979 San Salvador, El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (
AP40) 25 m pistol ( SP) | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Stan Martin [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva (born October 7, 1979 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran sport shooter. [2] She won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 10 and 25 m pistol events at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] [3]
Maida made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed thirty-sixth in the 10 m air pistol, and forty-first in the 25 m pistol, with total scores of 368 and 557 points, respectively.
Eight years later, Maida qualified for her second Olympic team as a 29-year-old. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she competed in two pistol shooting events, placing thirty-fourth out of forty-four shooters in the women's 10 m air pistol by two points ahead of Czech Republic's Michaela Musilová, with a total score of 375 targets. [4] Three days later, Maida reached the final of the women's 25 m pistol, as the first female Latin American sport shooter, after scoring a total of 582 targets (292 in the precision stage and 290 in the rapid fire) from the qualifying rounds. [5] However, she only finished in the eighth place by 3.7 points behind Thailand's Tanyaporn Prucksakorn, with a total score of 774 targets (192 in the final). [6] [7]
Olympic results
| Event | 2000 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 metre pistol |
41st 557 |
8th 582+192.0 |
| 10 metre air pistol |
36th 368 |
34th 557 |
References
- ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Luisa Maida". ISSF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luisa Maida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Chao top shooter at Pan Am Games". CBC Sports. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 25m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 25m Pistol Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Salvadorian shooter is first Latin American woman in shooting final". Xinhua News Agency. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
External links
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- Living people
- Olympic shooters for El Salvador
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for El Salvador
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for El Salvador
- Sportspeople from San Salvador
- 1979 births
- Pan American Games medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Salvadoran women
- North American sport shooting biography stubs
- Salvadoran sportspeople stubs
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1979 San Salvador, El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (
AP40) 25 m pistol ( SP) | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Stan Martin [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva (born October 7, 1979 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran sport shooter. [2] She won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 10 and 25 m pistol events at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] [3]
Maida made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed thirty-sixth in the 10 m air pistol, and forty-first in the 25 m pistol, with total scores of 368 and 557 points, respectively.
Eight years later, Maida qualified for her second Olympic team as a 29-year-old. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she competed in two pistol shooting events, placing thirty-fourth out of forty-four shooters in the women's 10 m air pistol by two points ahead of Czech Republic's Michaela Musilová, with a total score of 375 targets. [4] Three days later, Maida reached the final of the women's 25 m pistol, as the first female Latin American sport shooter, after scoring a total of 582 targets (292 in the precision stage and 290 in the rapid fire) from the qualifying rounds. [5] However, she only finished in the eighth place by 3.7 points behind Thailand's Tanyaporn Prucksakorn, with a total score of 774 targets (192 in the final). [6] [7]
Olympic results
| Event | 2000 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 metre pistol |
41st 557 |
8th 582+192.0 |
| 10 metre air pistol |
36th 368 |
34th 557 |
References
- ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Luisa Maida". ISSF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luisa Maida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Chao top shooter at Pan Am Games". CBC Sports. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 25m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 25m Pistol Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Salvadorian shooter is first Latin American woman in shooting final". Xinhua News Agency. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
External links
|
| This biographical article relating to sport shooting in El Salvador is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Salvadoran female sport shooters
- Living people
- Olympic shooters for El Salvador
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for El Salvador
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for El Salvador
- Sportspeople from San Salvador
- 1979 births
- Pan American Games medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Salvadoran women
- North American sport shooting biography stubs
- Salvadoran sportspeople stubs