Guilherme Paraense

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Medal record
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Men's Shooting
Olympic Games
Gold 1920 Antwerp 30 m military pistol
Bronze 1920 Antwerp team 50 m free pistol

Guilherme Paraense (June 25, 1884 – April 18, 1968) was a Brazilian sport shooter and Olympic Champion.

He won gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Rapid-Fire Pistol.[1] He was also part of the Brazilian team which obtained a bronze medal in Military Revolver.

He also finished fourth with the Brazilian team in the team 30 metre military pistol competition. He also participated in the individual 50 metre free pistol event but his place is unknown.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Profile: "Guilherme Paraense" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 19, 2008)
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1896: Ioannis Phrangoudis | 1900: Maurice Larrouy | 1912: Alfred Lane | 1920: Guilherme Paraense | 1924: Henry Bailey | 1932: Renzo Morigi | 1936: Cornelius van Oyen | 1948+1952: Károly Takács | 1956: Ştefan Petrescu | 1960: William McMillan | 1964: Pentti Linnosvuo | 1968+1972: Józef Zapędzki | 1976: Norbert Klaar | 1980: Corneliu Ion | 1984: Takeo Kamachi | 1988: Afanasijs Kuzmins | 1992+1996: Ralf Schumann | 2000: Sergei Alifirenko | 2004: Ralf Schumann
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