Fátima Gálvez

Fátima Gálvez
Personal information
Full name Fátima Gálvez Marín
Nationality  Spain
Born (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987
Baena, Córdoba, Spain
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap, double trap
Coached by Jose Luis Perez Sanz[1]
Fátima Gálvez
Medal record
Women's Shooting
Competitor for  Spain
ISSF World Championships
2015 Lonato Trap
2014 Granada Trap
2014 Granada Team Trap
European Games
2015 Baku Trap
European Shooting Championships
2011 Belgrade Trap
2012 Larnaca Team Trap
2010 Kazan Team Trap

Fátima Gálvez Marín (born January 19, 1987 in Baena, Córdoba) is a Spanish sport shooter.[1][2] She won a silver medal in the women's trap at the first meet of the 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Cup series in Concepcion, Chile, with a score of 91 clay pigeons, earning her a spot on the Spanish team for the Olympics.[3][4]

Galvez represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's trap. Galvez barely advance to the final, after scoring a total of 70 targets from the qualifying rounds, and winning a three-person shoot-off against Finland's Satu Mäkelä-Nummela and Russia's Elena Tkach, with a bonus of 12 points.[5] Unfortunately, she finished only in fifth place by twelve points behind winner and world-record holder Jessica Rossi of Italy, accumulating a score of 87 targets (17 in the final).[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fátima Gálvez". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. "Fátima Gálvez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. "ISSF Profile – Fátima Gálvez". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. "San Marino goes to London!". ISSF. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Trap Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. "Women's Trap Final". London 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

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