Reinier Estpinan
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| Full name | Reinier Estpinan Gómez | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Cuba | ||||||||||||
| Born |
5 December 1982 Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) | ||||||||||||
| Club | Ciudad de Habana[1] | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alejandro Guerra[1] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reinier Estpinan Gómez (born December 5, 1982 in Havana) is a Cuban sport shooter.[2] He obtained a silver medal in the men's rifle prone at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and also represented his nation Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][3]
Estpinan reached at the summit of his sporting career at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he picked up a silver medal in the men's 50 m rifle prone with a total score of 696.5, finishing behind U.S. sport shooter Tom Tamas by almost a full point.[3][4]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Estpinan qualified for the Cuban squad in the men's 50 m rifle prone by placing second from the Pan American Games.[3] He scored 581 points to obtain a last spot out of forty-six shooters in the prelim stage, failing to advance further into the final.[5]
Estpinan also sought to compete for two more editions of the Olympic Games, but finished farther from the standings to achieve a qualifying place on the Cuban team. At the 2014 Championship of the Americas Tournament (CAT) in Guadalajara, Mexico, Estpinan unleashed an astonishing target of 208.1 points to win a gold medal and secure an Olympic quota place for Cuba in men's rifle prone, hoping for his second Olympic bid after a twelve-year absence.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "ISSF Profile – Reinier Estpinan". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Reinier Estpinan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Plata para Cuba en rifle tendido del tiro panamericano" [Silver for Cuba in rifle prone shooting at the Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Diario Co Latino. 8 August 2003. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Norte-americano leva o ouro na carabina deitado 50 m" [North American takes gold in 50m rifle prone] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 7 August 2003. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle Prone Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Méndez, Roberto. "Reinier Estopiñán elevó a tres los oros para Cuba" [Reinier Estopiñán raised three golds for Cuba] (in Spanish). JIT.cu. Retrieved 18 October 2014.