Alessandra Perilli
Sammarinese sport shooter (born 1988)
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Alessandra Perilli (born 1 April 1988) is a professional target shooter. Born in Italy, she represents San Marino internationally. She won San Marino's first ever Olympic medal, a bronze, in Women's Trap at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
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| Nationality | Italian Sammarinese (since age 18)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1988[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  San Marino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Perilli was born in Rimini.[1] She is the daughter of Claudio Perilli, an Italian who was on the national team in trap, and a Sammarinese mother.[3] She also has a sister, Arianna Perilli, who competed for the Italian national team in trap like her father.[3] She took up shooting in 2001 after being introducted to it by her father.[4] In 2009, Alessandra started representing San Marino through her mother.[3] One of her first events representing San Marino was at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, where she won silver in trap.[5] Another one of her first international events was at the ISSF World Cup in 2011, where she won the women's trap competition.[6] She finished 4th after a draw for 2nd place with a French and a Slovakian shooter in the Women's trap at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7] With her result at the 2012 Olympics, she became the first Sanmarinese athlete to finish fourth or higher, as the previous best haf been that of Francesco Nanni at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[4] Between 2013 and 2014, she took seven months off after she became pregnant with her son.[4]
She competed for San Marino at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished 13th in the qualifications for women's trap and did not qualify for the finals.[8] She was the flag bearer for San Marino in the Parade of Nations.[9] She competed for San Marino at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she won the bronze medal in women's trap, becoming the first Olympic medalist for San Marino in history.[10] Her win was also historic as San Marino became the smallest country in history to win a medal.[4] Days later, she added a silver medal with Gian Marco Berti in the mixed team trap event.[11]
