Manuel Moura Vieira da Silva (born November 16, 1971, in Porto) is a Portuguese sport shooter.[2] He won a bronze medal at the 1999 ISSF World Shotgun Championships in Tampere, Finland, and eventually captured a total of six medals (one gold, two silver, and three bronze) for the men's trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup series.[1] He also competed in the mixed trap shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and men's trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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| Full name | Manuel Moura Vieira da Silva | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1971 Porto, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Clube Industrial de Pevidém[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Manuel Ricardo[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, Silva qualified for his third Portuguese team, as a 36-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the silver medal from the first meet of the 2006 ISSF World Cup series in Qingyuan, China, with a score of 145 points.[3] He finished only in twenty-seventh place by one point behind Canada's Giuseppe di Salvatore, for a total score of 111 targets.[4]
Olympic results
edit| Olympic results | |||||
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| Event | 1992 | 1996 | 2008 | ||
| Trap | 11th 193 |
7th 122 |
27th 111 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Manuel Silva". ISSF. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manuel Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ "Manavjit missed bronze by whisker". Outlook India. 5 April 2006. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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