Fátima Gálvez

Fátima Gálvez

Personal information
Full name	Fátima Gálvez Marín
Nationality	Spain
Born	19 January 1987 Baena, Córdoba, Spain
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	Trap, double trap
Coached by	Jose Luis Perez Sanz[1]

Fátima Gálvez

Medal record
Women's Shooting
Competitor for  Spain
ISSF World Championships
	2015 Lonato	Trap
	2014 Granada	Trap
	2014 Granada	Team Trap
European Games
	2015 Baku	Trap
European Shooting Championships
	2011 Belgrade	Trap
	2012 Larnaca	Team Trap
	2010 Kazan	Team Trap

Fátima Gálvez Marín (born January 19, 1987 in Baena, Córdoba) is a Spanish sport shooter.^[1][2] She won a silver medal in the women's trap at the first meet of the 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Cup series in Concepcion, Chile, with a score of 91 clay pigeons, earning her a spot on the Spanish team for the Olympics.^[3][4]

Galvez represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's trap. Galvez barely advance to the final, after scoring a total of 70 targets from the qualifying rounds, and winning a three-person shoot-off against Finland's Satu Mäkelä-Nummela and Russia's Elena Tkach, with a bonus of 12 points.^[5] Unfortunately, she finished only in fifth place by twelve points behind winner and world-record holder Jessica Rossi of Italy, accumulating a score of 87 targets (17 in the final).^[6]

References

1. "Fátima Gálvez". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
2. "Fátima Gálvez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
3. "ISSF Profile – Fátima Gálvez". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
4. "San Marino goes to London!". ISSF. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
5. "Women's Trap Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
6. "Women's Trap Final". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

External links

• Profile – Spanish Olympic Committee (Spanish)
• NBC Olympics Profile