Diego Duarte Delgado

Diego Duarte Delgado
Personal information
Nationality  Colombia
Born (1970-10-20) 20 October 1970
Bucaramanga, Santander,
Colombia
Residence Bucaramanga, Colombia[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Website Instagram @diegoduarteshotgunacademy
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Skeet, Sporting Clays, Double Trap Men
Club Greater Houston Gun Club, Westside Shooting Grounds, Blackwood Gun Club
Team Professional Sporting Clays Association PSCA
Turned pro 2013
Coached by Diego Duarte Shotgun Academy[1]
Now coaching Skeet, Sporting Clays
Achievements and titles
World finals International Skeet
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Colombia
2003 Italy Skeet
Pan American Games
2017 Santa Marta Skeet
2001 Guayaquil Skeet
Santo Domingo 2002 Skeet
2003 Santo Domingo Skeet

Diego Duarte Delgado (born October 20, 1970 in Bucaramanga, Santander) is a Colombian sport shooter.[2] He won the World Championships in Skeet Men at Lonato World Cup 2003, defeating Eric Wandtdal and olympic Silver Medallist Tore Brovold, Diego also is holder of the Panamerican Record with 149/150, He won a bronze medal in men's skeet shooting at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with a total score of 148 points.[1]

Duarte made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed fifteenth in men's skeet shooting, with a total score of 120 points, tying his position with five other shooters, including Russia's Valeriy Shomin and Australia's Paul Rahman.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Duarte competed for the second time, as a 38-year-old, in men's skeet shooting. He finished only in thirty-eighth place by three points behind Qatar's Rashid Hamad from the final attempt, for a total score of 106 points.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ISSF Profile – Diego Duarte Delgado". ISSF. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Diego Duarte Delgado". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's Skeet Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.