Alberto Fernández (born Madrid, 16 June 1983) is a Spanish

trap shooter A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

. He competes in

Trap Shooting Trap shooting, or trapshooting in North America, is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting, which is shooting shotguns at clay targets. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. They are disting ...

and Olympic pit, being triple world champion in the years 2010, 2013 and 2018. He has won three gold medals at the

World Shooting Championships The ISSF World Shooting Championships are governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these earl ...

, between 2010 and 2018, and five medals at the European Shooting Championships, between 2006 and 2015. He competed in four

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, winning the gold medal in the mixed trap team event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, in team with Fátima Gálvez. In the individual trap event, he was 33rd in Beijing

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, 25th in London

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, 17th in Rio de Janeiro

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, and 9th in Tokyo.

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Alberto Fernández
at the International Shooting Sport Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Alberto 1983 births Living people Spanish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Spain Trap and double trap shooters Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Madrid European Games competitors for Spain Shooters at the 2015 European Games Shooters at the 2019 European Games Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Olympic gold medalists for Spain 21st-century Spanish people