Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian

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. Almeida had won a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze) in pistol shooting at the

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

in Mar de Plata,

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in Rio de Janeiro, and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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). He also captured a silver and a bronze medal in centre-fire and standard pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in

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, with scores of 586 and 574, respectively. At age thirty-nine, Almeida made his official debut for the

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, where he competed in three pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 580 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point behind Armenia's Norayr Bakhtamyan from the final attempt, finishing only in thirteenth place. Three days later, Almeida placed eighteenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by three points ahead of Italy's Francesco Bruno, with a total score of 554 targets. For his third and final event, 25 m rapid fire pistol, Almeida was able to shoot a total of 568 targets (284 each on the first and second stage) in the preliminary rounds, finishing only in eleventh place by four points behind China's Liu Zhongsheng.

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Profile – UOL Esporte

Brazilian male sport shooters Living people 1969 births Sport shooters from Rio de Janeiro (city) Olympic shooters for Brazil Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1995 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2007 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2011 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists in shooting Pan American Games bronze medalists in shooting South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in shooting ISSF pistol shooters Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Shooters at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Military World Games gold medalists for Brazil Military World Games medalists in shooting World champions in shooting {{Brazil-sportshooting-bio-stub