Fernanda Russo
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernanda Russo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 October 1999 Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Fernanda Russo (born October 2, 1999 in Córdoba) is an Argentine sport shooter.[1] She won a silver medal in the air rifle at the 2015 Pan American Games, and also shared a runner-up prize with Mexico's José Santos Valdes in the mixed international rifle team at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[2][3]
Russo made her first Olympic team for Argentina as a fourteen-year-old at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, claiming the silver medal in shooting. In her first event, the girls' 10 m air rifle, she shot 406.9 points to finish thirteenth from a field of twenty, but missed out a chance to compete for the final.[4] Two days later, Russo and her Mexican partner José Santos Valdes had put up a decent aim to take home the silver in the mixed international rifle team competition, losing the final match 2–10 to Hungary's István Péni and Egypt's Hadir Mekhimar.[2][5]
The 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada sought Russo a chance to prove her credentials on the world stage despite of her age. Coming to the final round of the women's 10 m air rifle with a fourth-seeded score of 411.3, Russo marked a superb 204.7 to claim a silver medal in a duel against Mexico's Goretti Zumaya, who eventually walked away with a victory by just a narrow 0.1-point margin.[3][6] Moreover, Russo secured a place on the Argentine team and had an opportunity to be selected for her first ever Olympics.
References
- ↑ "ISSF Profile – Fernanda Russo". ISSF. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- 1 2 Ceschi, Alessandro (22 August 2014). "Hungary and Egypt take first-ever Air Rifle mixed, last event of Nanjing". ISSF. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Canadian, U.S. and Mexican shooters earn Rio berths". Reuters. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ↑ "Nanjing 2014: Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification Results". ISSF. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ↑ "Joy, despair and friendships formed at final day of shooting". JSChina. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ↑ Leza, Germán (13 July 2015). "A los 15 años, ganó la plata y se clasificó a Río: "No vine por una medalla, no me lo esperaba"" [At age 15, she won a silver and a spot for Rio; "I did not expect to come closer to the medal podium"]. La Nación. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
External links
- Fernanda Russo at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Athlete Profile – 2015 Pan American Games