Roberto José Elías Orozco (born November 6, 1976, in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican sport shooter.[2] He won two bronze medals in both air and small-bore rifle at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, accumulating scores of 1,223.4 and 690.9 points, respectively.[1][3] Elias also competed for his respective shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.
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| Full name | Roberto José Elías Orozco | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 November 1976 León, Guanajuato, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR60) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cinegetico del Bavio[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alessandro Elias (father)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Elias qualified for his third Mexican team, as a 31-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by obtaining a gold medal in the air rifle from the 2005 Championships of the Americas in Salinas, California.[1] He scored a total of 590 targets in the men's 10 m air rifle, by one point ahead of South Korea's Han Jin-Seop from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-fifth place.[4]
Olympic results
edit| Event | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
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| 50 metre rifle three positions | 39th 1140 |
36th 1137 |
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| 50 metre rifle prone | 41st 587 |
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| 10 metre air rifle | 38th 583 |
44th 582 |
25th 590 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Roberto José Elías". ISSF. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roberto José Elías". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ "Logra mexicano José Elías Orozco, Bronce en rifle" [Mexico's Jose Elias Orozco wins bronze in rifle] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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