Rudolf Knijnenburg Cordero (born May 18, 1982 in

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) is a Bolivian sport shooter. He represented his nation

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in pistol shooting at the

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and in four editions of the

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(2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015). Knijnenburg qualified as a lone shooter for the Bolivian squad in the men's 10 m air pistol at the

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after having accepted an invitational berth for his country from the International Shooting Sport Federation with a minimum score of 570. He rounded off the field of forty-seven shooters with the lowest overall score in the prelims, firing at 548 points. Despite missing out his 2008 and 2012 Olympic bid, Knijnenburg's most remarkable feat came at the

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, where he finished seventh in the air pistol final with a total of 669.7 points.

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* 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Bolivia Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2019 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Bolivia South American Games bronze medalists for Bolivia South American Games medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2014 South American Games {{Bolivia-sportshooting-bio-stub