Fátima Gálvez

Fátima Gálvez Marín[lower-alpha 1] (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.

Fátima Gálvez
Personal information
Full nameFátima Gálvez Marín
NationalitySpanish
Born (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987
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 place2020 TokyoMixed team trap
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 LonatoTrap
Silver medal – second place2014 GranadaTrap
Silver medal – second place2018 ChangwonTeam trap
Silver medal – second place2022 OsijekTrap
Bronze medal – third place2014 GranadaTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2019 LonatoTrap
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuTrap
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskMixed team trap
Bronze medal – third place2019 MinskTrap
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 BelgradeTrap
Gold medal – first place2019 LonatoMixed team trap
Silver medal – second place2012 LarnacaTeam trap
Silver medal – second place2019 LonatoTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2010 KazanTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2016 LonatoTrap
Bronze medal – third place2016 LonatoTeam trap
Bronze medal – third place2021 OsijekMixed team trap
Bronze medal – third place2023 OsijekTrap

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. "Fátima Gálvez". London2012.com. LOCOG. 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. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. "Women's Trap Final". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.


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