Nationality Italy Height 1.70 m Coached by Marco Masetti Weight 74 kg | Name Giuseppe Giordano Club Centro Sportivo Esercito Role Olympian | |
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Born 16 July 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-07-16 ) Naples, Italy Event(s) 10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP) | ||
Londra 2012 Giuseppe Giordano
Giuseppe Giordano (born July 16, 1974 in Naples) is an Italian sport shooter. He won a bronze medal in the men's free pistol at the 2011 ISSF World Cup series in Munich, Germany, with a total score of 659.6 points, earning him a spot on the Italian team for the Olympics. Giordano is also a member of the shooting team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Marco Masetti.
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Giordano represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 50 m pistol, along with his teammate and three-time Olympian Francesco Bruno. Giordano barely advanced to the final, after scoring a total of 559 targets from the qualifying rounds, and winning a shoot-off by one tenth of a point ahead of Portugal's João Costa, with a bonus of 49.6. Unfortunately, he finished only in fifth place by six points behind winner and defending Olympic champion Jin Jong-Oh of South Korea (662.0), accumulating a score of 656.0 targets (97.0 in the final).