Stênio Akiro Yamamoto (born June 24, 1961 in

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) is a Brazilian sport shooter of Japanese descent. He won a silver medal in the free pistol at the

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series in

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, with a score of 660.8 points. At age forty-seven, Yamamoto made his official debut for the

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, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 568 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Romania's Iulian Raicea, finishing only in forty-third place. Three days later, Yamamoto placed forty-fourth in his second event,

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, by two points behind Tajikistan's

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, with a total score of 538 targets.

References

External links

Profile – UOL Esporte

Brazilian male sport shooters Brazilian people of Japanese descent Living people Olympic shooters for Brazil Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Brazil Shooters at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from São Paulo 1961 births {{Brazil-sportshooting-bio-stub