Yarimar Mercado
Yarimar Mercado Martínez (born March 12, 1995) is a Puerto Rican sports shooter.[1] She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
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Full name | Yarimar Mercado Martínez | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||
Born | Yauco, Puerto Rico | 12 March 1995||||||||||||||
Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40)[1] 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)[1] 50 m rifle prone (STR60PR)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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In April 2022, her mother was killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home while she was sewing.[3]
References
- "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". issf-sports.org.
- "Yarimar Mercado". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- "Puerto Rico Olympian's mother killed at home by stray bullet". AP NEWS. April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
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