Luis Jesús Martínez Encabo (born April 15, 1976 in
Logroño
Logroño ( , , ) is the capital of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, Spain. Located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, primarily in the right (South) bank of the Ebro River, Logroño has historically been a place of pa ...
,
La Rioja
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) is a Spanish sport shooter. Martinez represented
Spain
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed only in two rifle shooting events. He scored a total of 589 points in the
men's 10 m air rifle by two points behind Slovenia's
Rajmond Debevec
Rajmond Debevec (born 29 March 1963) is a Slovenian sport shooter. He has won three Olympic and ten World Championship medals in shooting. He formerly held the world record in the 50 meter rifle 3 positions event.
Career
Debevec started shooti ...
from the fifth attempt, finishing only in thirty-second place. Few days later, Martinez placed fiftieth in his second event,
50 m rifle prone, by one point ahead of Oman's
Dadallah Al-Bulushi from the final attempt, with a total score of 582 targets.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Spanish male sport shooters
Living people
Olympic shooters for Spain
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Logroño
1976 births
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