Custódio Ribeiro Ezequiel (born 28 March 1962 in Alcochete) is a Portuguese sport shooter.[2] He was selected to compete for Portugal in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and also produced a career tally of three medals, two golds and one bronze, at the ISSF World Cup series.[1] Ezequiel is a member of Vilamoura Shooting Club (Portuguese: Clube de Tiro de Vilamoura).[3]

Custódio Ezequiel
Personal information
Full nameCustódio Ribeiro Ezequiel
Nationality Portugal
Born (1962-03-28) 28 March 1962 (age 62)
Alcochete, Portugal
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
EventTrap (TR125)
ClubClube de Tiro de Vilamoura[1]

Ezequiel's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he marked 111 out of 125 targets to force a four-way tie with Italy's Rodolfo Vigano, Ireland's Derek Burnett, and United Arab Emirates' Ahmed Al Maktoum for eighteenth place in the men's trap.[4][5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Ezequiel qualified for his second Portuguese team in trap shooting, after having achieved a minimum qualifying score of 123 from his remarkable top finish at the ISSF World Cup meet in Granada, Spain a year earlier.[1][6][7] Ezequiel fell out of his previous Olympic feat to finish in a four-way tie with Turkey's Oğuzhan Tüzün, India's Mansher Singh, and Singapore's Lee Wung Yew for twenty-first position, firing a matching score of 111.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Custódio Ezequiel". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Custódio Ezequiel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ Mariano, Carlos (2 August 2000). "Custódio Ezequiel: Confirmar nos Jogos um apuramento surpresa" [Custódio Ezequiel: Having confirmed for the Games was clearly a surprise] (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's Trap" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Diamond gives Australia men's trap medal". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Custódio Ezequiel: O tudo ou nada por um objectivo" [Custódio Ezequiel: It's all or nothing] (in Portuguese). Record. 27 July 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Shooting: Men's Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Custódio Ezequiel afastado da final" [Custódio Ezequiel fails to enter the final] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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