Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian

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. Almeida had won a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze) in pistol shooting at the Pan American Games (

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, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, and 2011 in

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). He also captured a silver and a bronze medal in centre-fire and standard pistol at the

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, with scores of 586 and 574, respectively. At age thirty-nine, Almeida made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, where he competed in three pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 580 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point behind Armenia's Norayr Bakhtamyan from the final attempt, finishing only in thirteenth place. Three days later, Almeida placed eighteenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by three points ahead of Italy's Francesco Bruno, with a total score of 554 targets. For his third and final event,

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, Almeida was able to shoot a total of 568 targets (284 each on the first and second stage) in the preliminary rounds, finishing only in eleventh place by four points behind China's Liu Zhongsheng.

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