Luciano Giovannetti

Luciano Giovannetti (born 25 September 1945) is an Italian sport shooter and two-time Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in trap shooting at both the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He is the first trap shooter to successfully defend the Olympic title. He celebrated his victory in 1980 by tossing his cap into the air and shooting a hole through it.[2]

Luciano Giovannetti
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born(1945-09-25)25 September 1945
Pistoia, Italy
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap
Medal record
Men's Shooting
1980 Moscow Trap individual
1984 Los Angeles Trap individual
World Championships
1982 CaracasTrap individual
1979 MontecatiniTrap team
1982 CaracasTrap team
1979 MontecatiniTrap team
1986 ShulTrap team

References

  1. Profile: "Luciano Giovannetti" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 15, 2008)
  2. Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. London, UK: Aurum Publishing. pp. 204. ISBN 9781845137731.


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