Fátima Gálvez

Fátima Gálvez
Personal information
Full name Fátima Gálvez Marín
Nationality Spanish
Born (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987
Baena, Córdoba, Spain
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap, double trap
Coached by Jose Luis Perez Sanz[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Spain
World Championships
2015 LonatoTrap
2014 GranadaTrap
2018 ChangwonTeam trap
2014 GranadaTeam Trap
European Games
2015 BakuTrap
European Shooting Championships
2011 BelgradeTrap
2012 LarnacaTeam trap
2010 KazanTeam trap

Fátima Gálvez Marín (born 19 January 1987) 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. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Fátima Gálvez". 10 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Women's Trap Final". London 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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