Tugrul Özer is a Canadian sport shooter. Özer won the gold medal in the men's 10-metre air pistol at the

2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2023, links=no), officially the XIX Pan American Games and commonly known as Santiago 2023, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, s ...

in Santiago. Tugrul set the Pan American Games Record on the way to his victory over James Hall in 2023 and secured a quota spot and his qualification to the

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. Tugrul's 240.5 score in the final surpassed the previous 237.5 set by Cuba's Jorge Grau in 2019. Following his win he said that "It means a lot, really. There’s a lot of effort behind this performance. I’m very happy to have three prizes, happy to have the gold medal and the qualification for Paris. I plan to do better in Paris. It was a challenging competition."

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozer, Tugrul Living people Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Sportspeople from Toronto Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Canadian male sport shooters Canadian people of Turkish descent Shooters at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in shooting Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian sportspeople