Francisco Boza
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| Nationality | Peruvian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Start activity | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Francisco Boza (born 19 September 1964) is a Peruvian sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in trap shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and came fourth four years later.[1]
Biography
[edit]He has competed in eight Olympic Games, from 1980 to 2016, one of only five shooters ever to do so. As of 2010, no other Peruvian had appeared at even six Olympics. Boza qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the Peruvian flag bearer. He finished in 28th place in the qualifying round of the men's trap shooting competition and did not advance to the semifinals.[2] Boza was also flag bearer at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[3]
His brother is Esteban Boza, also an Olympic shooter.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Francisco Boza". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "Francisco Boza". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ↑ Olympedia.org: Esteban Boza
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Francisco Boza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-22.
External links
[edit]- Francisco Boza at ISSF
- Francisco Boza at Olympics.com
- Francisco Boza at Olympedia
- Francisco Boza at InterSportStats
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- Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 1964 births
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists in shooting
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Peru
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- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen
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