Chiara Cainero (born 24 March 1978) is an Italian

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who won a gold medal in

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at the

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. At the age of 41 she qualified for the

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Cainero has competed at three Olympic Games, becoming the first Italian woman to win gold in skeet shooting at the Beijing Olympics. She has also won a silver and a bronze medal at the ISSF world championships. Cainero is an athlete of the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cainero, Chiara 1978 births Living people Italian female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Italy Skeet shooters Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Udine Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Italy European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2019 European Games European Games gold medalists for Italy Shooters of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale Shooters of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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