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Ing. Pablo Cagnasso Sr. (15 February 1908 – 29 July 1988) was an
Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
civil engineer and sport shooter who was a member of the Argentine Olympic team on several occasions as well as in many World Cups and Pan American Games. He was born in
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, Argentina. Cagnasso was a member of many World and Olympic shooting teams in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He was always an amateur shooter and served as president, several times, of the Argentine Shooting Federation (FAT), the Argentine Olympic Committee (19731977) and his sporting ''alma mater'' the Societa Italiana di Tiro a Segno (SITAS), a Buenos Aires-based shooting club. He participated in both Free Pistol and Rifle matches, of several World Cups, Olympic and Pan American Games representing Argentina and winning medals in many of them. Some of his titles were: * Gold Medal in 300 metre free rifle standing 40 shots men at Stockholm Sweden 1947. * Gold Medal in 300 metre army rifle ARG-system men at Buenos Aires Argentina 1949. * Bronze Medal in 300 metre army rifle ARG-system men team at Buenos Aires Argentina 1949.


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1908 births 1988 deaths Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Argentine male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for Argentina Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Olympic Order Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1951 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games {{Paralympics-stub