Giovanni Pellielo (born 11 January 1970) is an Italian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in Men's trap at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2016 Rio Olympics.[3]

Giovanni Pellielo
Personal information
NicknameJohnny
National teamItaly
Born (1970-01-11) 11 January 1970 (age 54)
Vercelli, Italy
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportShooting
EventTrap
ClubFiamme Azzurre[1]
Start activity1991 (senior)[2]
Coached byAlbano Pera
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 3 1
World Championships 16 6 3
World Cup 10 2 7
World Cup Final 7 7 2
European Championships 18 8 5
European Games 1 1 1
Mediterranean Games 3 1 1
Total 55 28 20
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Trap
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Trap
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Trap
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Barcelona Trap team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Fagnano Trap team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Nicosia Trap
Gold medal – first place 1995 Nicosia Trap team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lima Trap
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lima Trap team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Barcelona Trap
Gold medal – first place 1998 Barcelona Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Lonato del Garda Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Maribor Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Munich Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belgrade Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lima Trap
Gold medal – first place 2014 Granada Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Moscow Trap team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lonato del Garda Trap team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Barcelona Trap
Silver medal – second place 2003 Nicosia Trap
Silver medal – second place 2003 Nicosia Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Nicosia Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lonato del Garda Trap
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lonato del Garda Trap team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku Trap team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Lahti Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Granada Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changwon Trap team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed trap
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Mixed trap
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Trap
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Sipoo Trap
Gold medal – first place 2009 Osijek Trap
Gold medal – first place 2015 Maribor Trap
Silver medal – second place 1999 Poussan Trap
Silver medal – second place 2001 Zagreb Trap
Silver medal – second place 2005 Belgrade Trap
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kazan Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Montecatini Trap
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari Trap
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Trap
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Trap
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona Trap

Biography edit

Giovanni Pellielo is trained by the Olympic champion and technical commissioner of the Italian national team Albano Pera.[4] He won ten stages of the World Cup[5] and fifteen medals at the World Cup Final from 1992 to 2015.[6]

Since 2016, Pellielo has been an ordained bishop in the liberal Catholic Holy Celtic Church International.[7]

Medals edit

Olympic Games edit

Event 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Trap (mixed) 10th
145+48
Not held
Trap (men) Not held 13th
120
  Bronze
116+24
  Silver
122+24
  Silver
120+23
8th
121
  Silver
122+27

World Championships edit

Pellielo won 25 medal, 9 individual[8] and 16 in team events,[9] at the World Shooting Championships.

Edition Venue Event Individual Team Other teammates
           
1993   Barcelona Trap 0 1 0 1 0 0 Roberto Scalzone, Marco Venturini
1994   Fagnano Olona Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Roberto Scalzone, Marco Venturini
1995   Nicosia Trap 1 0 0 1 0 0 Marcello Tittarelli, Marco Venturini
1997   Lima Trap 1 0 0 1 0 0 Roberto Scalzone, Rodolfo Viganò
1998   Barcelona Trap 1 0 0 1 0 0 Marcello Tittarelli, Marco Venturini
2002   Lahti Trap 0 0 1 0 0 0
2003   Nicosia Trap 0 1 0 0 1 0 Marco Venturini, Massimo Fabbrizi
2005   Lonato Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Massimiliano Mola, Massimo Fabbrizi
2007   Nicosia Trap 0 0 0 0 1 0 Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2009   Maribor Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2010   Munich Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2011   Belgrade Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Rodolfo Viganò, Massimo Fabbrizi
2013   Lima Trap 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014   Granada Trap 0 0 1 1 0 0 Valerio Grazini, Massimo Fabbrizi
2015   Lonato Trap 0 1 0 0 1 0 Valerio Grazini, Massimo Fabbrizi
2017   Moscow Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Valerio Grazini, Daniele Resca
2018   Granada Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Valerio Grazini, Mauro De Filippis
2019   Changwon Trap 0 0 0 0 0 1 Valerio Grazini, Mauro De Filippis
4 3 2 12 3 1

World Cup edit

The Shotgun World Cup took place in 5 stages + the World Cup Finals up to 1997, since 1998 it takes place in 4 stages + the World Cup Finals.

Edition Venue Stage Individual
     
1992   Lonato WC 4 1 0 0
1992   Suhl WC 5 1 0 0
1993   Fagnano Olona WC 5 1 0 0
1994   Nicosia WC 1 1 0 0
1995   Chiba WC 4 1 0 0
1997   New Delhi WC 1 1 0 0
1998   Atlanta WC 3 0 0 1
2001   Lonato WC 3 0 0 1
2002   Shanghai WC 2 1 0 0
2003   Lonato WC 4 1 0 0
2004   Americana WC 4 0 0 1
2005   Changwon WC 1 1 0 0
2009   Minsk WC 3 1 0 0
2012   London WC 2 0 0 1
2013   Al Ain WC 2 0 1 0
2017   New Delhi WC 1 0 1 0
10 2 4

European Championships edit

Pellielo won his first medal at senior level at the European Shooting Championships in 1991, at the age of 21, in the edition held in Casalecchio di Reno near Bologna.[2]

Edition Venue Event Individual Team Other temmates
           
1991   Bologna Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Marco Venturini, Albano Pera
1994   Lisbon Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Marco Venturini, Roberto Scalzone
1995   Lahti Trap 0 0 0 0 1 0 Marco Venturini, Marcello Tittarelli
1997   Sipoo Trap 1 0 0 1 0 0 Daniele Cioni, Rodolfo Viganò
1999   Poussan Trap 0 1 0 1 0 0 Marco Venturini, Rodolfo Viganò
2000   Montecatini Terme Trap 0 0 1 1 0 0 Marco Venturini, Rodolfo Viganò
2001   Zagreb Trap 0 1 0 1 0 0 Marco Venturini, Carlo Angelantoni
2002   Lonato del Garda Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Marco Venturini, Rodolfo Viganò
2003   Antibes Universal trench 0 1 0 0 0 1
2005   Belgrade Trap 0 1 0 0 1 0 Massimiliano Mola, Massimo Fabbrizi
2006   Maribor Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2008   Nicosia Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2009   Osijek Trap 1 0 0 1 0 0 Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2010   Kazan Trap 0 1 0 0 1 0 Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2011   Belgrade Trap 0 0 0 0 0 1 Rodolfo Viganò, Massimo Fabbrizi
2012   Larnaca Trap 0 0 0 0 0 1 Rodolfo Viganò, Massimo Fabbrizi
2014   Sarlóspuszta Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mauro De Filippis, Massimo Fabbrizi
2015   Maribor Trap 1 0 0 0 0 0
2016   Lonato del Garda Trap 0 0 0 0 0 1 Daniele Resca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2017   Baku Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Daniele Resca, Mauro De Filippis
2018   Leobersdorf Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Emanuele Buccolieri, Mauro De Filippis
Trap mixed 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jessica Rossi
2019   Lonato del Garda Trap 0 0 0 1 0 0 Valerio Grazini, Mauro De Filippis
3 5 1 15 3 4

Records edit

Current world records held in trap
Men Qualification 125   Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)
  Ray Ycong (USA)
  Marcello Tittarelli (ITA)
  Lance Bade (USA)
  Pavel Gurkin (RUS)
  David Kostelecký (CZE)
  Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA)
  Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA)
  Michael Diamond (AUS)
  Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)
  Casey Wallace (USA)
  Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas (GUA)
  James Willett (AUS)
  Josip Glasnovic (CRO)
April 1, 1994
June 9, 1995
June 11, 1996
July 23, 1998
August 10, 2005
October 5, 2006
May 15, 2009
September 6, 2011
August 6, 2012
April 18, 2013
October 16, 2014
August 15, 2015
March 19, 2019
April 9, 2019
Nicosia (CYP)
Lahti (FIN)
Suhl (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Americana (BRA)
Granada (ESP)
Munich (GER)
Belgrade (SRB)
London (ENG)
Al Ain (UAE)
Guadalajara (MEX)
Qabala (AZE)
Guadalajara (MEX)
Al Ain (UAE)
edit
Teams 369   Italy (Fabbrizi, Pellielo, Vigano) September 6, 2011 Belgrade (SRB) edit
Mixed Team Final 47   Jessica Rossi (ITA)
  Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)
August 5, 2018 Leobersdorf (AUT) edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tiro a volo" (in Italian). polizia-penitenziaria.it. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Giovanni Pellielo - Medagliare" (PDF) (in Italian). fitav.it. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Giovanni Pellielo ...e sono quattro!" (PDF) (in Italian). poliziapenitenziaria.it. 12 September 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Tiro a volo, Mondiali 2017, Albano Pera: "Ci siamo allenati bene, le temperature sono rigide"" (in Italian). oasport.it. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Historical Results - World Cup Trap Men". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Historical Results - World Cup Final". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. ^ Henderson, John (22 May 2021). "The Shooting Bishop's Next Target: His Eighth Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Historical Results - Shotgun World Championships Trap men". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Historical Results - Shotgun Team World Championships Trap Men". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

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