Giovanni Pellielo (born 11 January 1970) is an Italian

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. He won the silver medal in Men's trap at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the

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in Sydney and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and 2016 Rio Olympics.

Biography

Giovanni Pellielo is trained by the Olympic champion and technical commissioner of the

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Albano Pera. He won ten stages of the

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and fifteen medals at the World Cup Final from 1992 to 2015. Since 2016, Pellielo has been an ordained

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in the liberal Catholic Holy Celtic Church International.

Medals

Olympic Games

World Championships

Pellielo won 25 medal, 9 individual and 16 in team events, at the World Shooting Championships.

World Cup

The Shotgun World Cup took place in 5 stages + the World Cup Finals up to 1997, since 1998 it takes place in 4 stages + the World Cup Finals.

European Championships

Pellielo won his first medal at senior level at the

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in 1991, at the age of 21, in the edition held in

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near

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Records

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