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Alessandra Perilli

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Alessandra Perilli
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Sammarinese (since age 18)[1]
Born (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 37)[1]
Rimini, Italy[1]
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country San Marino
SportShooting
EventTrap
Medal record
Women's Shooting
Representing  San Marino
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team trap
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Trap
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Munich Trap Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lonato Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Lonato Mixed team trap
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Mixed team Trap
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara Trap
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin Trap
Games of the Small States of Europe
Silver medal – second place 2009 Cyprus Trap
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nicosia Trap

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]

Biography

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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 played 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 win in 2012 she became the first Sanmarinese athlete to finish fourth or higher, as the previous best was with 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "PERILLI Alessandra". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. ^ "San Marino's Alessandra Perilli wins first Olympic medal in microstate's history". sports.yahoo.com. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Tokyo, prima medaglia olimpica nella storia per San Marino: chi è Alessandra Perilli, bronzo nel Trap femminile". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Haq, Sana Noor; Sangal, Aditi (29 July 2021). "San Marino is smallest country in history to win a medal at the Olympics thanks to shooter Alessandra Perilli". CNN. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  5. ^ "GIOCHI DEL MEDITERRANEO". web.archive.org. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Sydney (Australia) - ISSF World Cup 2011 - Coppa del Mondo 2011 di Trap, Skeet, Double Trap". web.archive.org. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Il sogno infranto di San Marino, Alessandra Perilli – Sportitalia | Giornale.sm". Giornale. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Trap Women". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  9. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". Olympic.org. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ^ Mercer, Bryan (29 July 2021). "San Marino wins first Olympic medal in nation's history". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  11. ^ "San Marino becomes the smallest country to win an Olympic medal. (Published 2021)". New York Times. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
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