Guilherme Paraense (25 June 1884 – 18 April 1968) was a Brazilian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

and Olympic Champion. He was the first Brazilian to win an

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...

gold medal. Paraense was born in

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

. He won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, in the ''Rapid-Fire Pistol'' event.Profile: "Guilherme Paraense"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on January 19, 2008) He was also part of the Brazilian team which earned a bronze medal in ''Military Revolver''. He also finished fourth with the Brazilian team in the team 30 metre military pistol competition. He also participated in the individual 50 metre free pistol event but his place is unknown. Paraense died in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

, aged 83.

References

1884 births 1968 deaths Brazilian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters of Brazil Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Belém 19th-century Brazilian people 20th-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-Olympic-medalist-stub