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

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, 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

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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'

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. 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

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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 t ...

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