Juan Giha

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Medal record
Competitor for  Peru
Shooting
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Skeet Shooting

Juan Giha (born April 23, 1955) is a Peruvian sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in Skeet Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,^[1] second after gold-winner Zhang Shan.

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Biography

Born in Lima, Peru, he is the son of Juan Giha and Nelly Yarur, and brother of Jose Luis, Nicolas, Nelly Cecilia and Nathalie. He went to Santa Maria Elementary School and then transferred to Recoleta High School. He then attended the Universidad de Lima as his secondary education, where he obtained a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering. In 1982, after concluding his studies, he married Joyce Abusada. In 1989, they had a son who they named Juan R. Giha. In the years to come, he would prepare himself for his conquest in 1992, where he obtained the silver medal in the Barcelona, Spain 1992 Olympic Games.

Further in his career, after several triumphs like 27 consecutive national championships won, Panamerican games, South American Games, and other remarkable triumphs, in 1997, he accomplished a record-winning achievement. During the second half of the year, he would win several shooting events in a South American Game held in Santiago, Chile and then go back to Peru to win first place in the Juegos Bolivarianos held in Arequipa. He would then travel back to the Peruvian capital to obtain third place in the World Cup held in Las Palmas shooting range, after an arid shoot off that lasted for about thirty minutes. In this competition, renown shooters like Al-Rashidi from Kuwait and Ennio Falco from Italy would attain the first and second places.

Currently, he coaches several shooters from around the world. He has traveled to India, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Mexico to coach several professional shooters.

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