Luciano Giovannetti (born 25 September 1945) is an Italian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such a ...

and two-time Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in trap shooting at both the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on January 15, 2008) He is the first trap shooter to successfully defend the Olympic title. He celebrated his victory in 1980 by tossing his cap into the air and shooting a hole through it.

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* 1945 births Living people Italian male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian people Sportspeople from Pistoia {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub