Maximo Tomás Modesti (born February 13, 1952 in

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, Córdoba) is an Argentine sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's air pistol at the

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, and was selected to represent

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, as the oldest member of the team (aged 52), at the

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. Having started shooting for more than three decades, Modesti trained throughout his career for the Rio Shooting Federal Club ( es, Tiro Federal de Rio) under head coach Juan Carlos Sampayo. Modesti qualified for the Argentine squad in pistol shooting at the

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, by having achieved a mandatory Olympic standard of 576 and picking up the silver medal in the air pistol from the Pan American Games. Modesti fired 559 points to obtain the forty-fourth spot in the men's 10 m air pistol, and then marked a score of 548 to share a thirtieth-place finish with Chinese Taipei's Chang Yi-ning in the men's 50 m pistol, falling short of his chance to advance further into the final for both events.

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1952 births Living people Argentine male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Argentina Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina Pan American Games medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Argentina-sportshooting-bio-stub