Manuel Silva (sport shooter)

Manuel Moura Vieira da Silva (born November 16, 1971 in Porto) is a Portuguese sport shooter.[2] He won a bronze medal at the 1999 ISSF World Shotgun Championships in Tampere, Finland, and eventually captured a total of six medals (one gold, two silver, and three bronze) for the men's trap shooting at the ISSF World Cup series.[1] He also competed in the mixed trap shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and men's trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Manuel Silva
Personal information
Full nameManuel Moura Vieira da Silva
Nationality Portugal
Born (1971-11-16) 16 November 1971
Porto, Portugal
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap
ClubClube Industrial de Pevidém[1]
Coached byManuel Ricardo[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1999 TampereTrap

Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, Silva qualified for his third Portuguese team, as a 36-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the silver medal from the first meet of the 2006 ISSF World Cup series in Qingyuan, China, with a score of 145 points.[3] He finished only in twenty-seventh place by one point behind Canada's Giuseppe di Salvatore, for a total score of 111 targets.[4]

Olympic results
Olympic results
Event 1992 1996 2008
Trap 11th
193		 7th
122		 27th
111

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Manuel Silva". ISSF. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manuel Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. "Manavjit missed bronze by whisker". Outlook India. 5 April 2006. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. "Men's Trap Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.


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