Edwin Vásquez
Peruvian sport shooter
Vásquez at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Edwin Gonzalo Vásquez Cam | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1922-07-28)28 July 1922 Lobitos, Peru | ||||||||||||||
Died | 9 March 1993(1993-03-09) (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edwin Gonzalo Vásquez Cam (28 July 1922 – 9 March 1993) was an Olympic sport shooter from Peru. He won a gold medal in the 50 m pistol event at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning Peru's first and only Olympic gold medal to date.[1] Vásquez also won the free pistol event at the 1951 Pan American Games, while placing third in the team pistol event.[2]
References
External links
- Edwin Vásquez at databaseOlympics.com Archived 21 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Edwin Vásquez at Olympedia
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Olympic champions in men's 50 metre pistol
- 1896: Sumner Paine1 (USA)
- 1900: Karl Röderer (SUI)
- 1908: Paul Van Asbroeck2 (BEL)
- 1912: Alfred Lane (USA)
- 1920: Karl Frederick (USA)
- 1936: Torsten Ullman (SWE)
- 1948: Edwin Vásquez (PER)
- 1952: Huelet Benner (USA)
- 1956: Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
- 1960: Aleksey Gushchin (URS)
- 1964: Väinö Markkanen (FIN)
- 1968: Grigory Kosykh (URS)
- 1972: Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)
- 1976: Uwe Potteck (GDR)
- 1980: Alexander Melentyev (URS)
- 1984: Xu Haifeng (CHN)
- 1988: Sorin Babii (ROM)
- 1992: Kanstantsin Lukashyk (EUN)
- 1996: Boris Kokorev (RUS)
- 2000: Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL)
- 2004: Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS)
- 2008: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
- 2012: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
- 2016: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
1 In 1896, the competition distance of the event was 30 metres.
2 In 1908, the competition distance of the event was 50 yards.
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