Simon Racaza
Filipino-American sport shooter (born 1980)
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Simon "J.J." Racaza (born April 16, 1980, in Cebu City, Philippines) is a Filipino-American sport shooter.
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| Born | 16 April 1980 (age 46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer | United States Department of Homeland Security | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Racaza took silver in the Open division at the 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot and silver in the Production division at the 2014 Handgun World Shoot. He was also the number one qualifier of the US Gold Team for the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships.[1][2] In 2010, Racaza competed in season one of History Channel's Top Shot marksmanship competition, finishing in third place.[2]
Racaza graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in Business Management Information Systems. He formerly worked as an agent for the Department of Homeland Security with the Federal Air Marshal Service. He is also a double Grand Master in the USPSA. Racaza is part of Team Limcat, a team of professional competitive shooters sponsored by the company of the same name.[3] Limcat even designed a gun specifically for Racaza, called the Razorcat Racing Gun.[4]
During one episode of the second season of the show, Racaza appeared with Blake Miguez as trainers for one of the challenges.