Maximo Tomás Modesti (born February 13, 1952, in Villa María, Córdoba) is an Argentine sport shooter.[2] He won a silver medal in the men's air pistol at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and was selected to represent Argentina, as the oldest member of the team (aged 52), at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][3] Having started shooting for more than three decades, Modesti trained throughout his career for the Rio Shooting Federal Club (Spanish: Tiro Federal de Rio) under head coach Juan Carlos Sampayo.[1]
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| Full name | Maximo Tomás Modesti | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1952 Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Tiro Federal de Rio[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Juan Carlos Sampayo[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Modesti qualified for the Argentine squad in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by having achieved a mandatory Olympic standard of 576 and picking up the silver medal in the air pistol from the Pan American Games.[3][4] Modesti fired 559 points to obtain the forty-fourth spot in the men's 10 m air pistol, and then marked a score of 548 to share a thirtieth-place finish with Chinese Taipei's Chang Yi-ning in the men's 50 m pistol, falling short of his chance to advance further into the final for both events.[5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Maximo Modesti". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maximo Modesti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Estados Unidos arrancó para aplastar" [United States start to subdue] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "US grabs up gold in PanAm Games as Cuba surprises". Taipei Times. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Los Bielsaboys ya están en cuartos" [The Bielsaboys are already qualified in the quarterfinals] (in Spanish). Territorio Digital. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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