Giovanni Pellielo (born 11 January 1970) is an Italian
sport shooter
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. He won the silver medal in
Men's trap at the
2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney and a silver medal in the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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and 2016 Rio Olympics.
Biography
Giovanni Pellielo is trained by the Olympic champion and
technical commissioner of the
Italian national team
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Albano Pera. He won ten stages of the
World Cup
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and fifteen medals at the
World Cup Final from 1992 to 2015.
Since 2016, Pellielo has been an ordained
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
in the liberal Catholic
Holy Celtic Church International.
Medals
Olympic Games
World Championships
Pellielo won 25 medal, 9 individual and 16 in team events,
at the
World Shooting Championships.
World Cup
The Shotgun World Cup took place in 5 stages + the World Cup Finals up to 1997, since 1998 it takes place in 4 stages + the World Cup Finals.
European Championships
Pellielo won his first medal at senior level at the
European Shooting Championships
The European Shooting Championships are the global sport shooting European championships as regards the disciplines of the sport shooting of the rifle (25, 50 and 300 m) and the pistol (25 and 50 m). Sometimes the competition also includes trap s ...
in 1991, at the age of 21, in the edition held in
Casalecchio di Reno
Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
History
Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
near
Bologna
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.
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Records
See also
* Multi-participation men in shooting at the Olympic Games
* Italy at the Olympics – Athletes with most appearances
* World Cup Multi-Medalists
* Trap World Champions
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Trap and double trap shooters
Italian male sport shooters
World record holders in shooting
Olympic shooters of Italy
Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2019 European Games
Shooters at the 2015 European Games
European Games silver medalists for Italy
European Games bronze medalists for Italy
European Games medalists in shooting
Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
People from Vercelli
Shooters of Fiamme Azzurre
Sportspeople from the Province of Vercelli