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| Nationality | Italian Sammarinese(since age 18)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (age 37)[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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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, inWomen's Trap at the2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
Perilli was born inRimini.[1] She is the daughter ofClaudio 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 the2009 Mediterranean Games inPescara, where she won silver in trap.[5] Another one of her first international events was at theISSF 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 theWomen's trap atthe 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 ofFrancesco Nanni at the1984 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 the2016 Summer Olympics inRio 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 theParade of Nations.[9] She competed for San Marino at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo, where she won the bronze medal inwomen'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 withGian Marco Berti in the mixed team trap event.[11]
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for San Marino London 2012 | Succeeded by |
