Guilherme Paraense
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Born | (1884-06-25)25 June 1884 Belém, Empire of Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 April 1968(1968-04-18) (aged 83) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||||||||
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Guilherme Paraense (25 June 1884 – 18 April 1968) was a Brazilian sport shooter and Olympic Champion.[1] He was the first Brazilian to win an Olympic gold medal.[2]
Paraense was born in Belém. He won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, in the Rapid-Fire Pistol event.[3] He was also part of the Brazilian team which earned a bronze medal in Military Revolver.
He also finished fourth with the Brazilian team in the team 30 metre military pistol competition. He also participated in the individual 50 metre free pistol event but his place is unknown.
Paraense died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 83.
References
- ^ "Guilherme Paraense". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Guilherme Paraense". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Profile: "Guilherme Paraense" Archived 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 19, 2008)
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- 1896:
Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)
- 1900:
Maurice Larrouy (FRA)
- 1912:
Alfred Lane (USA)
- 1920:
Guilherme Paraense (BRA)
- 1924:
Henry Bailey (USA)
- 1932:
Renzo Morigi (ITA)
- 1936:
Cornelius van Oyen (GER)
- 1948:
Károly Takács (HUN)
- 1952:
Károly Takács (HUN)
- 1956:
Ștefan Petrescu (ROU)
- 1960:
William McMillan (USA)
- 1964:
Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
- 1968:
Józef Zapędzki (POL)
- 1972:
Józef Zapędzki (POL)
- 1976:
Norbert Klaar (GDR)
- 1980:
Corneliu Ion (ROM)
- 1984:
Takeo Kamachi (JPN)
- 1988:
Afanasijs Kuzmins (URS)
- 1992:
Ralf Schumann (GER)
- 1996:
Ralf Schumann (GER)
- 2000:
Sergei Alifirenko (RUS)
- 2004:
Ralf Schumann (GER)
- 2008:
Oleksandr Petriv (UKR)
- 2012:
Leuris Pupo (CUB)
- 2016:
Christian Reitz (GER)
- 2020:
Jean Quiquampoix (FRA)
- 2024:
Li Yuehong (CHN)
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