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Juan Antonio Saavedra
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Personal information
Born (1973-11-21) 21 November 1973 (age 51)
Pontevedra, Spain
Sport
Country Spain
Sport Shooting para sport
Disability class SH1
Coached by Manuel Sainz
Medal record
Shooting para sport
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Silver 2012 London Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1
Bronze 2024 Paris Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
European Para Championships
Silver 2023 Rotterdam Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
Silver 2023 Rotterdam Mixed 10 m air rifle V1 prone SH-VI

Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo (born 21 November 1973 in Pontevedra) is a shooter from Spain.

Personal

He has a disability, and is Galician. In 2013, he was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.

Shooting

Saavedra is an SH1-SH2 type shooter.

He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. At the 2012 Games, he earned a silver in the Free rifle lying R6, Mixed gender SH1 event.

He competed at the 2013 Spanish national championships, where finished first in the R3 event by beating Catalan shooter Miquel Orobitg and fellow Galician Manuel Brage who finished third. He also finished first in the R5 event. Competing at the 2013 IPC European Championships, he finished first in the R3 event.

See also

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