José Torres Laboy (born September 8, 1971, in Salinas) is a Puerto Rican sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's double trap at the

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, accumulating a score of 185 targets (136 in the qualifying round and 49 in the final). At age 40, Torres held his distinction of being the oldest member of the Puerto Rican team to be selected for the

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, where he competed in the men's double trap. He scored a total of 127 targets in the qualifying rounds by one point ahead of U.S. shooter and defending Olympic champion Walton Eller, finishing only in twenty-first place.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1971 births Living people Puerto Rican male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for Puerto Rico Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico People from Salinas, Puerto Rico Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen {{PuertoRico-sportshooting-bio-stub