Matteo Bisiani (born 2 August 1978) is an Italian

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

. He competed in the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and in the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Biography

He was born in

Monfalcone Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; fur, Monfalcon; sl, Tržič; archaic german: Falkenberg) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Gorizia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain' ...

. In 1996 he won the bronze medal with the Italian team. In the individual competition he finished ninth. Four years later he won the silver medal as member of the Italian team. In the individual competition he finished 21st.

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1978 births Living people Italian male archers Olympic archers of Italy Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-archery-bio-stub