Stênio_Yamamoto

Stênio Yamamoto

Stênio Yamamoto

Brazilian sport shooter

Stênio Akiro Yamamoto (born June 24, 1961 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sport shooter of Japanese descent.[1] He won a silver medal in the free pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Munich, Germany, with a score of 660.8 points.[2][3]

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At age forty-seven, Yamamoto made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 568 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Romania's Iulian Raicea, finishing only in forty-third place.[4] Three days later, Yamamoto placed forty-fourth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by two points behind Tajikistan's Sergey Babikov, with a total score of 538 targets.[5]

References

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    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stênio Yamamoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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    "ISSF Profile – Stênio Yamamoto". ISSF. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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    "Brasileiro Stenio Yamamoto é prata em etapa da Copa do Mundo de tiro" [Brazilian shooter Stenio Yamamoto wins silver in World Cup] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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    "Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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    "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.


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