San Marino national shooting team

The San Marino national shooting team represent the Republic of San Marino in International shooting competitions such as Olympic Games or World shooting Championships. It provided the highest results in Olympic sports for the small country.

History

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Shooting in San Marino is controlled by Federazione Sammarinese Tiro a Volo(for shotgun events) and Federazione Sammarinese Tiro a Segno (for rifle and pistol). National shooting team was present in every Olympic Games, in which San Marino have competed (13 participation).[1]

The nation, that have never won an olympic medal, has reached its highest result thanks to a shooting event: Alessandra Perilli's fourth place in Women's trap at London 2012.

San Marino won, indeed, many medals in shooting events at Mediterranean Games and Games of the Small States of Europe, especially thanks to its shotgun athletes.

Results

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Event Total
      Tot.
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
World Championships 0 0 4 4
Mediterranean Games 1 4 1 6
Games of the Small States of Europe 13 7 15 35

Olympic Games

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San Marino reached its best olympic results in shooting: Alessandra Perilli was fourth in Women's Trap in 2012 after an unlucky shoot-off,[2] Emanuela Felici was seventh in the same discipline at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004,[3] Francesco Amici was seventh in Men's Trap at Athens 2004,[4] while Daniela Del Din was fifteenth in Women's Trap at Beijing 2008.[5]

World Championships

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San Marino gained four bronze medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships.

Francesco Amici was third in Men's Trap in 1995 World Championships in Nicosia, Cyprus. Daniela Del Din repeated the same result in 2007 World Championships, in Nicosia again. Men and women teams won two bronze medal in 2010 Championships, in Munich.[6][7]

Mediterranean Games

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Shooting provided six medals to San Marino in Mediterranean Games.

In 1987 Gian Nicola Berti won the first medal for San Marino with his second place in Men's Trap.[8] Stefano Selva repeated the same result in 1993 games.[9] More recently, in 2005 Daniela Del Din won the first female medal thanks to a second place in Women's Trap,[10] while in 2009 Games the national shooting team gained three medals: gold for Daniela Del Din, silver for Alessandra Perilli and bronze for Francesco Amici, always in trap events.[11]

Games of the Small States of Europe

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San Marino won 35 medals in shooting events at Games of the Small States. In detail:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "San Marino Shooting Olympic History". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ "Women's Trap - Olympic Shooting | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
  3. ^ "Emanuela Felici Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  4. ^ "Francesco Amici Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  5. ^ "Daniela del Din Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  6. ^ http://www.issf-sports.org/results/historicalmedalwinners.ashx
  7. ^ http://www.issf-sports.org/media/calendar/2010/909/completeresult/WCH_ALL_GER_Complete_Results_100810.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "Lattakia 1987". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  9. ^ "Languedoc-Roussillon 1993". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  10. ^ "Almeria 2005". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  11. ^ "Giochi del Mediterraneo". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  12. ^ "Monaco 1987". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  13. ^ "Cipro 1989". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  14. ^ "Andorra 1991". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  15. ^ "Malta 1993". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  16. ^ "Lussemburgo 1995". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  17. ^ "Islanda 1997". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  18. ^ "San Marino 2001". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  19. ^ "Malta 2003". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  20. ^ "Andorra 2005". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  21. ^ "Giochi dei Piccoli Stati d'Europa". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  22. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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