Yarimar Mercado
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FullnameYarimar Mercado Martínez
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born12 March 1995
Yauco, Puerto Rico
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
_(cropped).jpg) Yarimar Mercado at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yarimar Mercado Martínez | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1995 Yauco, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40)[1] 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)[1] 50 m rifle prone (STR60PR)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Yarimar Mercado Martínez (born March 12, 1995) is a Puerto Rican sports shooter.[1] She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
In April 2022, her mother was killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home while she was sewing.[3]
