Fátima Gálvez Marín (born 19 January 1987) is a Spanish

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. She was the World champion in the individual trap event at the 2015 World Shotgun Championships, and won the Olympic champion in the team event at the

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. Gálvez won a silver medal in the women's trap at the first meet of the 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Cup series in Concepcion, Chile, with a score of 91 clay pigeons, earning her first Olympic participation. Gálvez represented

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at the

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, where she competed in the women's trap. Gálvez barely advanced to the final, after scoring a total of 70 targets from the qualifying rounds, and winning a three-person shoot-off against Finland's

Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (born October 26, 1970, in Orimattila, Finland) is a Finnish sports shooter. She won the gold medal in the Women's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also won bronze medals in Women's Trap event in 1995 and 20 ...

and Russia's

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, with a bonus of 12 points. She finished in fifth place, by twelve points behind winner and world-record holder

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of Italy, accumulating a score of 87 targets (17 in the final). At the

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, Gálvez advanced to the bronze medal match in the women's trap but lost to in the shoot-off to United States'

Corey Cogdell Corey Cogdell (born September 2, 1986 in Palmer, Alaska) is an American trapshooter. She is a two-time Olympic bronze medal winner in the Women's Trap; at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She has won eight ISSF World Cup ...

. At the

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, Gálvez did not advance to the final in the individual event, finishing 14th. In the mixed trap team, Gálvez won the gold medal together with

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by winning the shoot-off in the final against San Marino's

Alessandra Perilli Alessandra Perilli (born April 1, 1988) is a Sammarinese professional target shooter. Her hometown is Borgo Maggiore. She finished 4th after a draw for 2nd place with a French and a Slovakian shooter in the Women's trap at the 2012 Summer Olympic ...

and

Gian Marco Berti Gian Marco Berti (born 11 November 1982) is a Sammarinese Shooting sport, sports shooter. He competed in the Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's trap, men's trap and the Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap team, mixed ...

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