Rodrigo Bastos

Rodrigo Pimentel Bastos (born July 4, 1967 in Guarapuava) is a Brazilian sport shooter.[2] He represented his nation Brazil in two editions of the Olympic Games (1988 and 2004), and also picked up a silver medal in men's trap at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[1][3]

Rodrigo Bastos
Personal information
Full nameRodrigo Pimentel Bastos
Nationality Brazil
Born (1967-07-04) 4 July 1967
Guarapuava, Brazil
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Trap (TR125)
Coached byCarlo Danna[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo TR125

Bastos made his official debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he shared a fortieth spot with Chinese shooter Gao E in the mixed trap, accumulating a total score of 137 clay pigeons.[4] On that same year, Bastos scored 24 hits to pocket the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup series in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]

Sixteen years after his first Olympics, Bastos qualified for his second Brazilian squad, as a 37-year-old, in the men's trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he placed second behind U.S. sport shooter Lance Bade by a single point difference from the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ending a 15-year medal drought of his sporting career.[3][5] He scored 117 out of 125 targets to obtain a fourteenth spot in the prelims, tying his record with four other shooters.[6][7]

At the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Granada, Spain, Bastos delivered an astonishing record in the nation's sporting history with a fifth-place finish in the men's trap. With his nation hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Bastos is expected to compete on his third Olympic bid.[8]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Rodrigo Bastos". ISSF. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rodrigo Bastos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  3. Wilner, Barry (4 August 2003). "Cuban wrestlers complete sweep of Pan Am gold". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  4. "Seoul 1988: Shooting – Mixed Trap" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 390. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. "Rodrigo Bastos ganha prata na fossa olímpica e garante vaga em Atenas" [Rodrigo Bastos wins silver in shooting and guarantees a place at the Olympics in Athens] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 3 August 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  6. "Rodrigo Bastos chega ao Brasil" [Rodrigo Bastos arrives in Brazil] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. "Shooting: Men's Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. "Rodrigo Bastos fica em 5º no Campeonato Mundial de Tiro Esportivo" [Rodrigo Bastos finished fifth at the World Sport Shooting Champs] (in Portuguese). Lance!. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.


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