Felipe Wu

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Wu.
Felipe Almeida Wu
Wu with his Olympic Silver medal, August 2016
Personal information
Full nameFelipe Almeida Wu
Nationality Brazil
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 32)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m air pistol
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto AP60
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago AP60
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellín AP60 (T)
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago AP60
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 25m fire pistol
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore AP60

Felipe Almeida Wu (born 11 June 1992 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sport shooter.[1] He won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

He won a silver medal in the boys' air pistol at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, and then added the gold to his career hardware on his senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[2]

Wu made his international shooting debut, as an eighteen-year-old, at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. There, he picked up the silver medal with a total score of 676.0 in the boys' air pistol, finishing closely behind Ukrainian shooter and 2012 Olympian Denys Kushnirov by three-tenths of a point margin.[3]

Despite having missed out his bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Wu managed to improve his lifetime best of 201.8 points for the final meet record and his first senior title in the men's air pistol at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2][4] Following his gold medal victory at the Games, Wu has occupied one of the nine places entrusted to the host nation's squad and prepared training to compete for Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2][5]

Felipe Wu won gold medal in the men's air pistol in Bangkok, Thailand, first stage of 2016 ISSF World Cup.[6]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Felipe won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event. This was Brazil's first medal at the first Olympics in Brazil. Felipe is also the first Brazilian of Chinese descent to win a medal at the Olympics. Following this success, Felipe became well known in Brazil for his exploits.

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ISSF Profile – Felipe Almeida Wu". ISSF. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Brazil's Wu claims Pan Am shooting gold, Olympic berth". Reuters. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ "10m Air Pistol Men - Denys's greatest day ended up with a handshake". Chinese Olympic Committee. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Felipe Wu ganha ouro e vaga olímpica no tiro esportivo" [Felipe Wu wins gold and an Olympic berth in shooting] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Atirador Felipe Wu é ouro no Pan e garante vaga para Rio-2016" [Shooter Felipe Wu takes the gold and guarantees a spot for Rio 2016] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Felipe Wu ganha ouro e vaga olímpica no tiro esportivo" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Shooting WU Felipe Almeida". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.