Júlio Almeida

Júlio Almeida

Personal information
Full name	Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida
Nationality	Brazil
Born	23 September 1969 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 m air pistol (AP60) 25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP) 50 m pistol (FP)
Club	Fluminense F.C.[1]
Coached by	Silvio Aguiar[1]
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Brazil World Championships 2010 Munich 25 m center fire pistol team 2010 Munich 25 m center fire pistol 2010 Munich 25 m standard pistol 2014 Granada 25 m standard pistol team Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 50 m pistol 1995 Mar de Plata 25 m center fire pistol 2007 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol 2011 Guadalajara 10 m air pistol 2011 Guadalajara 50 m pistol South American Games 2010 Medellín 10 m air pistol 2010 Medellín 25 m standart pistol 2010 Medellín 50 m pistol 2010 Medellín Team 10 m air pistol 2010 Medellín Team 25 m standart pistol 2010 Medellín Team 50 m pistol 2014 Santiago 25 m rapid fire pistol Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong 25 m center fire pistol - Team

Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born September 23, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sport shooter.^[2] Almeida had won a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze) in pistol shooting at the Pan American Games (1995 in Mar de Plata, Argentina, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, and 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico).^[3][4] He also captured a silver and a bronze medal in centre-fire and standard pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, with scores of 586 and 574, respectively.^[1][5]

At age thirty-nine, Almeida made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in three pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 580 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point behind Armenia's Norayr Bakhtamyan from the final attempt, finishing only in thirteenth place.^[6] Three days later, Almeida placed eighteenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by three points ahead of Italy's Francesco Bruno, with a total score of 554 targets.^[7] For his third and final event, 25 m rapid fire pistol, Almeida was able to shoot a total of 568 targets (284 each on the first and second stage) in the preliminary rounds, finishing only in eleventh place by four points behind China's Liu Zhongsheng.^[8][9]

References

1. "ISSF Profile – Júlio Almeida". ISSF. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
2. "Júlio Almeida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
3. "Em disputa emocionante, Julio Almeida é prata no tiro" [With dispute and excitement, Julio Almeida takes silver in shooting] (in Portuguese). Estadao Esporte. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
4. "Cayó el primer oro para Guatemala en Guadalajara 2011" [First gold fell to Guatemala in Guadalajara 2011] (in Spanish). Fox Sports Español. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
5. "Center fire pistol: Leonid Ekimov added another medal to his stellar year". ISSF. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
6. "Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
7. "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
8. "Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification – Stage 1". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
9. "Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification – Stage 2". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

External links

• Profile – UOL Esporte (Portuguese)
• NBC Olympics Profile