Dominic Grazioli

Dominic Grazioli
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1964-02-04) February 4, 1964
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Residence San Antonio, Texas[1]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 113 kg (249 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap

Dominic Grazioli (born February 4, 1964 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) is an American trap shooter.[2] He won a total of ten medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze) for men's trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup.[1][3] He also captured a silver medal at the 1997 Championship of the Americas in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and achieved a fourth-place finish at the 1999 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Tampere, Finland.[1] Additionally, Grazioli serves as a reserve major in the U.S. Air Force at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.[4]

Grazioli qualified for the men's trap shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Shotgun in Kerrville, Texas.[5][6] He finished only in twenty-third place by four points behind his teammate Bret Erickson from the fourth attempt, for a total score of 113 targets.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ISSF Profile – Dominic Grazioli". ISSF. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dominic Grazioli". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Dominic Grazioli Wins World Cup USA Bronze Medal in Men's Trap". Lone Star Outdoor News. May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ McGovern, Matthew (August 4, 2008). "Airmen to compete in Olympics". U.S. Air Force. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bret Erickson, Dominic Grazioli and Corey Cogdell Selected to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team in Trap". The Shooting Wire. March 14, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Shooting: Bret Erickson, Dominic Grazioli and Corey Cogdell Selected to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team in Trap". U.S. Olympic Committee. March 12, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Men's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Czech David Kostelecky wins gold". The Associated Press (NBC Olympics). August 10, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2013.

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