Ennio Falco
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Ennio Falco is an Italian
sports
shooter
and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in Skeet Shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta.
Falco has three silver medals from the World Championships in Skeet Shooting, from 1997, 2001 and 2005, as well as bronze medals from 1994 and 2002.
Italy
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sports
Shooting sports
A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
shooter
Shooting
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and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in Skeet Shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
in Atlanta.
Falco has three silver medals from the World Championships in Skeet Shooting, from 1997, 2001 and 2005, as well as bronze medals from 1994 and 2002.
Olympic results
| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skeet Olympic Skeet Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions... |
Gold Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's skeet Men's skeet was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Ennio Falco shot a perfect 125 in the qualification round and a 24 in the final, winning ahead of Mirosław Rzepkowski and Andrea Benelli, who won the bronze-medal shoot-off against Ole Riber Rasmussen.-Qualification... 125+24 |
14th Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's skeet -Qualification round:The qualification round comprised 75 targets on day 1, and 50 targets on day 2.EOR Equalled Olympic record – EWR Equalled World record – Q Qualified for final- Final :... 121 |
21st Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Skeet The men's skeet shooting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 21 and 22 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece... 119 |
14th 117 |