Angelos Spiropoulos

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Angelos Spiropoulos
Personal information
Full nameAngelos Spiropoulos
Nationality Greece
Born (1979-06-15) 15 June 1979 (age 44)
Athens, Greece
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
EventDouble trap (DT150)
ClubPanellinios G.S.[1]
Coached byTom Alderin[1]

Angelos Spiropoulos (Greek: Αγγελος Σπυρόπουλος; born 15 June 1979 in Athens) is a Greek sport shooter.[2] He was chosen as one of the eleven shooters to represent Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, and eventually won a silver medal in double trap shooting at the 2005 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.[1] Spiropoulos is a member of the shooting team for Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (English: Panellinios Gymnastics Club) in his native Athens, where he has trained under coach Tom Alderin throughout his sporting career.[1][3]

Spiropoulos was selected as a member of the Greek shooting team to compete in the men's double trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, earning his spot through one of the Olympic places reserved for the host nation in his event.[4][5] Despite being relatively less experienced on the international scene, Spiropoulos displayed his skills admirably during the qualifying round, securing 124 hits out of 150. His performance earned him a twenty-second position out of twenty-five shooters in the field.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Angelos Spiropoulos". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angelos Spiropoulos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Άνετα ο Σπυρόπουλος στο Διπλό Τραπ" [Spiropoulos feels comfortable in double trap] (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Με το δάχτυλο στη σκανδάλη" [With fire and shoot] (in Greek). Kathimerini. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Shooting: Men's Double Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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