Júlio Almeida

Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian sport shooter. Almeida had won a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze) in pistol shooting at the Pan American Games (1995 in Mar de Plata, Argentina, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, and 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico). He also captured a silver and a bronze medal in centre-fire and standard pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, with scores of 586 and 574, respectively.

Júlio Almeida
Personal information
Full nameJúlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubCaça e Tiro Dias Velho
Coached bySilvio Aguiar
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
2010 Munich25 m center fire pistol team
2018 Changwon25 m center fire pistol
2010 Munich25 m center fire pistol
2010 Munich25 m standard pistol
2014 Granada25 m standard pistol team
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto 50 m pistol
1995 Mar de Plata 25 m center fire pistol
2007 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol
2011 Guadalajara 10 m air pistol
2011 Guadalajara 50 m pistol
2019 Lima10 m air pistol
South American Games
2010 Medellín 10 m air pistol
2010 Medellín 25 m standard pistol
2010 Medellín 50 m pistol
2010 Medellín Team 10 m air pistol
2010 Medellín Team 25 m standard pistol
2010 Medellín Team 50 m pistol
2014 Santiago 25 m rapid fire pistol
Military World Games
2015 Mungyeong25 m center fire pistol team

At age thirty-nine, Almeida made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in three pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 580 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point behind Armenia's Norayr Bakhtamyan from the final attempt, finishing only in thirteenth place. Three days later, Almeida placed eighteenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by three points ahead of Italy's Francesco Bruno, with a total score of 554 targets. For his third and final event, 25 m rapid fire pistol, Almeida was able to shoot a total of 568 targets (284 each on the first and second stage) in the preliminary rounds, finishing only in eleventh place by four points behind China's Liu Zhongsheng.

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