Giovanni Cernogoraz

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Giovanni Cernogoraz
Giovanni Cernogoraz 2012.jpg
Personal information
Nickname(s) Gianni[1]
Citizenship Croatian, Italian[2][3][4][5]
Born (1982-12-27) 27 December 1982 (age 41)
Koper, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Residence Novigrad, Istria, Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[6]
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)[6]
Sport
Country Croatia
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Trap, Double trap
Club Gord Velika Gorica
Coached by Stjepan Vučković (personal)
Željko Vađić (national)[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2012
Medal record
Representing  Croatia
Men's shooting
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Trap
World Shooting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Lahti Junior trap
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lima Team trap
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nicosia Trap
European Shotgun Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Larnaca Trap
Gold medal – first place 2012 Larnaca Team trap
Gold medal – first place 2013 Suhl Team trap
Silver medal – second place 2009 Osijek Team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sarlospuszta Team trap
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin Trap

Giovanni Cernogoraz (born 27 December 1982 in Koper) is a Croatian sports shooter.[7] Competing in shotgun events, he won the Olympic gold medal in men's trap at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.[8][9][10] He was elected for Croatian Sportsman of the year by Sportske novosti in 2012.[11]

Career

Cernogoraz started with the sport at an early age, initially becoming interested in it through hunting. He is a member of the Gord sports club based in Velika Gorica and was named Velika Gorica Sportsman of the Year in 2011.[12] After narrowly missing 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Cernogoraz managed to qualify for 2012 Olympic Games after winning the ISSF World Cup in Beijing in 2011.[6]

His next notable achievement was winning a gold medal in team trap along with his national team teammates, brothers Anton and Josip Glasnović, and a bronze in individual trap at the 2012 European Shotgun Championships in Larnaca.[13]

At the 2012 Olympics he managed to qualify for the Olympic final in sixth place with score of 122. In the final, Cernogoraz scored 24 out of a possible 25, with a total score of 146, equalling the Olympic record and securing a shoot-off for the gold. In the shoot-off Cernogoraz went on to defeat Italy's Massimo Fabbrizi 6–5 to win gold. It was Croatia's first Olympic gold and only the second shooting sports medal ever won in its entire Olympic history. It was also the first Olympic gold won by an athlete from Istria after Mate Parlov's boxing gold in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[14]

Personal life

Cernogoraz lives in the town of Novigrad in Croatia, where he works as a waiter at his father's restaurant.[15][16]

Cernogoraz is an Istrian Italian and holds an Italian passport. He is married and has two children.[15] Cernogoraz is a Roman Catholic.[17]

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event 2012
Trap 1st Gold
122+24 (6/6)

References

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