Giuseppe Giordano (born July 16, 1974, in
Naples
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) is an Italian sport shooter.
He won a bronze medal in the men's free pistol at the 2011 ISSF World Cup series in
Munich, Germany
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, with a total score of 659.6 points, earning him a spot on the Italian team for the Olympics.
Giordano is also a member of the shooting team for
Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Marco Masetti.
Italy
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at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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in London
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, where he competed in the men's 50 m pistol, along with his teammate and three-time Olympian Francesco Bruno
Francesco Bruno (born 15 June 1978) is an Italian sport shooter. He won a gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2004. He was born in Foggia.
He s ...
. Giordano barely advanced to the final, after scoring a total of 559 targets from the qualifying rounds, and winning a shoot-off by one tenth of a point ahead of Portugal's João Costa, with a bonus of 49.6. Unfortunately, he finished only in fifth place by six points behind winner and defending Olympic champion Jin Jong-Oh
Jin Jong-oh (진종오; ; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting, he is the most successful individual ...
of South Korea (662.0), accumulating a score of 656.0 targets (97.0 in the final).
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
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1974 births
Living people
Italian male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for Italy
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Naples
Shooters at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Italy
Shooters at the 2019 European Games
Shooters of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian people
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