Vigilio Fait

Vigilio Fait
Fait in 2008
Personal information
Nationality Italy
Born (1962-10-14) 14 October 1962 (age 62)
Rovereto, Trentino, Italy
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubTSN Rovereto[1]
Coached byGiancarlo Tosi[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Zagreb FP

Vigilio Fait (born 14 October 1962 in Rovereto, Trentino) is an Italian sport shooter.[2] Since 1997, Fait had won a total of ten medals (three golds, four silver, and three bronze) for both air and free pistol at the ISSF World Cup series.[3] He also captured a silver medal in the men's 50 m pistol at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, accumulating a score of 662.8 points.[4][5] Fait is a four-time Olympian, and a member of Revereto National Shooting Club (Italian: Tiro a Segno Nazionale Rovereto) under his coach Giancarlo Tosi.[1]

Fait made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, representing his nation Italy. He achieved a fifth-place finish in the 50 m pistol, and a seventeenth-place finish in the 10 m air pistol, accumulating scores of 659.8 and 578 points, respectively.[3] Fait also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Fait qualified for his fourth Italian team, as a 46-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by placing second in men's free pistol from the World Championships.[4] He scored a total of 580 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point ahead of Bulgarian shooter and two-time Olympic champion Tanyu Kiryakov from the final attempt, finishing only in ninth place.[6] Three days later, Fait placed twenty-eighth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point behind North Korea's Ryu Myong-Yon from the final attempt, with a total score of 551 targets.[7]

Olympic results

Event 1996 2000 2004 2008
50 metre pistol 5th
569+90.8 		20th
553 		12th
556 		27th
551
10 metre air pistol 17th
578 		27th
571 		23rd
576 		9th
580

References

  1. ^ a b c "CONI Profile – Vigilio Fait" (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vigilio Fait". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Vigilio Fait". ISSF. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "China's reigning champion Tan crowned at shooting worlds". Xinhua News Agency. Chinese Olympic Committee. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Tiro a Segno: un argento e un bronzo ai mondiali di Zagabria" [Shooting: a silver and a bronze at the World Championships in Zagreb] (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Men's 50m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.