Fátima Gálvez

Fátima Gálvez
Personal information
Full nameFátima Gálvez Marín
NationalitySpanish
Born (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 (age 37)
Baena, Córdoba, Spain
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap, double trap
Coached byJose Luis Perez Sanz[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team trap
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lonato Trap
Silver medal – second place 2014 Granada Trap
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon Team trap
Silver medal – second place 2022 Osijek Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Granada Team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lonato Trap
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Trap
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Mixed team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Trap
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belgrade Trap
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lonato Mixed team trap
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lonato Trap
Silver medal – second place 2012 Larnaca Team trap
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lonato Team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kazan Team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Lonato Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Lonato Team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Osijek Mixed team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Osijek Trap

Fátima Gálvez Marín[a] (born 19 January 1987) is a Spanish sport shooter.[1][2] She was the World champion in the individual trap event at the 2015 World Shotgun Championships, and won the Olympic champion in the team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Gálvez won a silver medal in the women's trap at the first meet of the 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Cup series in Concepcion, Chile, with a score of 91 clay pigeons, earning her first Olympic participation.[3][4]

Gálvez represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's trap. Gálvez barely advanced to the final, after scoring a total of 70 targets from the qualifying rounds, and winning a three-person shoot-off against Finland's Satu Mäkelä-Nummela and Russia's Elena Tkach, with a bonus of 12 points.[5] She finished in fifth place, by twelve points behind winner and world-record holder Jessica Rossi of Italy, accumulating a score of 87 targets (17 in the final).[6]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Gálvez advanced to the bronze medal match in the women's trap but lost to in the shoot-off to United States' Corey Cogdell.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Gálvez did not advance to the final in the individual event, finishing 14th. In the mixed trap team, Gálvez won the gold medal together with Alberto Fernández by winning the shoot-off in the final against San Marino's Alessandra Perilli and Gian Marco Berti.

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gálvez and the second or maternal family name is Marín.

References

  1. ^ a b "Fátima Gálvez". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fátima Gálvez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. ^ "ISSF Profile – Fátima Gálvez". ISSF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. ^ "San Marino goes to London!". ISSF. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's Trap Qualification". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Women's Trap Final". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.


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