Nationality Puerto Rico Name Jose Laboy Spouse Claudia Laboy Coached by Jon Ogilvie Weight 91 kg | Event(s) Trap, double trap Height 1.85 m Sport Shooting Role Olympic athlete | |
Born 8 September 1971 (age 52) ( 1971-09-08 ) Salinas, Puerto Rico Children Jose Angel Laboy, Claudio Laboy | ||
José Torres Laboy (born September 8, 1971 in Salinas) is a Puerto Rican sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the men's double trap at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, accumulating a score of 185 targets (136 in the qualifying round and 49 in the final).
At age 40, Torres held his distinction of being the oldest member of the Puerto Rican team to be selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's double trap. He scored a total of 127 targets in the qualifying rounds by one point ahead of U.S. shooter and defending Olympic champion Walton Eller, finishing only in twenty-first place.
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