Ilario Di Buò (born 13 December 1965 in

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) is an

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from

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, who was formerly ranked number one in the world. Di Buò won a silver medal at the

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in the team archery competition. He placed 20th in the individual competition.

2004 Summer Olympics

Di Buò competed at the

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in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was again victorious and advanced to the round of 16. The third match was Di Buò's downfall, as he lost to fellow Italian and eventual

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ist

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. Di Buò placed 16th overall. He was also a member of the 7th-place Italian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Di Buò finished his ranking round with a total of 670 points, nine points behind leader

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. This gave him the 9th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Martin Bulíř in the first round, beating the

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111-100. In the second round Di Buò and his opponent

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both scored 108 points in the regular match and had to go to an extra round. In this extra round Di Buò scored 17 points, while Wunderle advanced to the third round with 19 points. Together with

and

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he also took part in the team event. With his 670 score from the ranking round combined with the 667 of Galiazzo and the 649 of Nespoli the Italians were in sixth position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the

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team 219-217. They advanced to the semi-final by eliminating

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218-213. After that they reached the final by beating

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223-221. In the final they managed to get 225 points, but

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took the gold medal with 227 points.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Buo, Ilario 1965 births Living people Italian male archers Olympic archers for Italy Archers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Sportspeople from Trieste