Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz (born February 7, 1969, in

Guaynabo Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spr ...

) is a Puerto Rican sport shooter. At age thirty-five, Bennazar made his official debut for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, where he competed in two shotgun events. He placed twenty-seventh in the men's trap, with a score of 112 points, tying his position with France's Yves Tronc and Italy's

Marco Venturini Marco Venturini (born 12 July 1960) is an Italian former sport shooter who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Pistoia Pistoia (, is a ci ...

. Few days later, he competed for his second event, the double trap, where he was able to fire 3 sets of 50 shots, for an overall total score of 122 points, finishing only in twenty-third place. At the

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, Bennazar competed for the second time in the men's double trap, an event which was later dominated by U.S. shooter Walton Eller. In the qualifying rounds, Bennazar fired a total of 123 shots in three different sets, finishing only in seventeenth place.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Puerto Rican male sport shooters Living people Olympic shooters for Puerto Rico Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 1969 births Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-sportshooting-bio-stub