Luisa Maida
Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva (born October 7, 1979 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran sport shooter.[2] She won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 10 and 25 m pistol events at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1][3]
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Full name | Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||
Born | San Salvador, El Salvador | 7 October 1979|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP40) 25 m pistol (SP) | |||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Stan Martin[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maida made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed thirty-sixth in the 10 m air pistol, and forty-first in the 25 m pistol, with total scores of 368 and 557 points, respectively.
Eight years later, Maida qualified for her second Olympic team as a 29-year-old. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she competed in two pistol shooting events, placing thirty-fourth out of forty-four shooters in the women's 10 m air pistol by two points ahead of Czech Republic's Michaela Musilová, with a total score of 375 targets.[4] Three days later, Maida reached the final of the women's 25 m pistol, as the first female Latin American sport shooter, after scoring a total of 582 targets (292 in the precision stage and 290 in the rapid fire) from the qualifying rounds.[5] Unfortunately, she finished only in eighth place by 3.7 points behind Thailand's Tanyaporn Prucksakorn, with a total score of 774.0 targets (192.0 in the final).[6][7]
Olympic results
Event | 2000 | 2008 |
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25 metre pistol | 41st 557 |
8th 582+192.0 |
10 metre air pistol | 36th 368 |
34th 557 |
References
- "ISSF Profile – Luisa Maida". ISSF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luisa Maida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- "Chao top shooter at Pan Am Games". CBC Sports. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- "Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- "Women's 25m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- "Women's 25m Pistol Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- "Salvadorian shooter is first Latin American woman in shooting final". Xinhua News Agency. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.