Chiara Cainero

Chiara Cainero
Chiara Cainero with the former President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1978-03-24) 24 March 1978 (age 46)
Udine, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportShooting
EventSkeet
ClubG.S. Forestale
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships 0 2 1
World Cup Final 1 1 1
World Cup 4 4 5
European Games 1 0 2
European Championships 5 0 1
Total 12 8 10
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 5 4
European Championships 3 3 0
Total 4 8 4
Women's shooting
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Skeet individual
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Skeet individual
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Zagreb Skeet individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon Skeet team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lonato Skeet team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Osijek Skeet team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nicosia Skeet individual
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Mixed skeet pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Skeet individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Skeet individual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Maribor Skeet individual
Gold medal – first place 2007 Granada Skeet individual
Gold medal – first place 2013 Suhl Skeet individual
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sarlóspuszta Skeet individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lonato Skeet individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Skeet individual

Chiara Cainero (born 24 March 1978) is an Italian sport shooter who won a gold medal in Skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

At the age of 41 she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.[3]

Biography

Cainero has competed at three Olympic Games, becoming the first Italian woman to win gold in skeet shooting at the Beijing Olympics.[4] She has also won a silver and a bronze medal at the ISSF world championships.[5]

Cainero is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2004 Olympic Games Greece Athens 8th Skeet
2008 Olympic Games China Beijing 1st Skeet Olympic record
2012 Olympic Games United Kingdom London 5th Skeet
2016 Olympic Games Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2nd Skeet
2020 Olympic Games Japan Tokyo 20th Skeet

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: CAINERO Chiara". Beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chiara Cainero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Chiara Cainero stacca il biglietto per Tokyo 2020" [Chiara Cainero gets her ticket to Tokyo 2020] (in Italian). ilfriuli.it. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Chiara Cainero". Beretta. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Chiara CAINERO". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  6. ^ "IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI" [GENERAL TULLIO DEL SETTE MEETS THE ATHLETES AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW SPORTS FACILITIES] (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020. Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l'argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l'oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora. [Among them, in addition to the aforementioned Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco and De Luca, also the Rio 2016 Olympic silver medalist in shooting Chiara Cainero, the judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5th at the Olympics, the swimmers Luca Dotto and Silvia Di Pietro, the rowers Paolo Di Girolamo and Stefano Oppo, the walker Noemi Stella, the European shooting gold medalist Massimo Fabbrizi, the triathlete Angelica Olmo, the middle distance runner Yohanes Chiappinelli, and numerous others.][dead link‍]