Angelos Spiropoulos

Angelos Spiropoulos (Greek: Αγγελος Σπυρόπουλος; born 15 June 1979 in Athens) is a Greek sport shooter.[2] He was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and eventually won a silver medal in double trap shooting at the 2005 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.[1] Spiropoulos is a member of the shooting team for Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (English: Panellinios Gymnastics Club) in his native Athens, where he trains throughout his sport career under coach Tom Alderin.[1][3]

Angelos Spiropoulos
Personal information
Full nameAngelos Spiropoulos
Nationality Greece
Born (1979-06-15) 15 June 1979
Athens, Greece
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)Double trap (DT150)
ClubPanellinios G.S.[1]
Coached byTom Alderin[1]

Spiropoulos was named as part of the Greek shooting team to compete in the men's double trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by having achieved one of the Olympic places reserved to the host nation for his event.[4][5] A less experienced to the international scene, Spiropoulos showed off his best to eagerly shoot 124 hits out of 150 in the qualifying round, which was worthily enough to attain a twenty-second position from a field of twenty-five shooters.[6]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Angelos Spiropoulos". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angelos Spiropoulos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. "Άνετα ο Σπυρόπουλος στο Διπλό Τραπ" [Spiropoulos feels comfortable in double trap] (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. "Με το δάχτυλο στη σκανδάλη" [With fire and shoot] (in Greek). Kathimerini. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. "Shooting: Men's Double Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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