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Sport
  
Sports shooting

Name
  
Pablo Cagnasso

Died
  
1988


Pablo Cagnasso FilePablo Cagnasso y Enrique Daz Senz Valiente El Grfico 1718

Born
  
15 February 1908 (
1908-02-15
)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ing. Pablo Cagnasso Sr. (15 February 1908 – 1988) was an Argentinian civil engineer and sport shooter who was a member of the Argentinean Olympic team on several occasions as well as in many World Cups and Pan American Games. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pablo Cagnasso Panoramio Photos by PABLO CAGNASSO

Cagnasso was a member of many World and Olympic shooting teams in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He was always an amateur shooter and served as president, several times, of the Argentine Shooting Federation (FAT), the Argentinean Olympic Committee (1973/1977) and his sporting alma mater the Societa Italiana di Tiro a Segno (SITAS), a Buenos Aires-based shooting club.

He participated in both Free Pistol and Rifle matches, of several World Cups, Olympic and Pan American Games representing Argentina and winning medals in many of them.

Some of his titles were:

  • Gold Medal in 300 metre free rifle standing 40 shots men at Stockholm Sweden 1947.
  • Gold Medal in 300 metre army rifle ARG-system men at Buenos Aires Argentina 1949.
  • Bronze Medal in 300 metre army rifle ARG-system men team at Buenos Aires Argentina 1949.

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