Felipe Almeida Wu (born 11 June 1992 in

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) is a Brazilian sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

He won a silver medal in the boys' air pistol at the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

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, and then added the gold to his career hardware on his senior debut at the

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. Wu made his international shooting debut, as an eighteen-year-old, at the

. There, he picked up the silver medal with a total score of 676.0 in the boys' air pistol, finishing closely behind Ukrainian shooter and 2012 Olympian

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by three tenths of a point margin. Despite having missed out his bid for the

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, Wu managed to improve his lifetime best of 201.8 points for the final meet record and his first senior title in the men's air pistol at the

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, Canada. Following his gold medal victory at the Games, Wu has occupied one of the nine places entrusted to the host nation's squad and prepared training to compete for

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at the

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. Felipe Wu won gold medal in the men's air pistol in

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, first stage of 2016 ISSF World Cup. At the

Felipe won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event. This was the first medal that Brazil won at the first olympics in Brazil. Felipe is also the first Brazilian of Chinese descent to win a medal at the Olympics. Following this success, Felipe became well known in Brazil for his exploits. He competed at the

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