Luciano Giovannetti
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 1945 Pistoia, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Profile: "Luciano Giovannetti" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 15, 2008)
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. London, UK: Aurum Publishing. pp. 204. ISBN 9781845137731.
External links
[edit]- Luciano Giovannetti at Olympedia
- Luciano Giovannetti at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Luciano Giovannetti at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
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