Isidro Lorenzo

Isidro Lorenzo González[lower-alpha 1] (born March 8, 1958 in Villadepera, Zamora) is a Spanish sport shooter.[2] He was selected to compete for Spain as a 46-year-old at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and eventually won a bronze medal in free pistol shooting at the 2006 ISSF World Cup meet in Guangzhou, China.[1] Lorenzo also trains under head coach Cezary Staniszewski for twelve years as a full-fledged member of the Spanish pistol shooting team.[1][3]

Isidro Lorenzo
Personal information
Full nameIsidro Lorenzo González
Nationality Spain
Born (1958-03-08) 8 March 1958
Villadepera, Zamora, Spain
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
ClubClub Zamorano de Tiro[1]
Coached byCezary Staniszewski[1]

Lorenzo qualified for the Spanish team, as one of the oldest athletes (aged 46), in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 560 to gain an Olympic quota place for Spain in the free pistol, following his outside-final finish at the ISSF World Cup meet in Zagreb, Croatia one year earlier.[1][4][5] Lorenzo got off to a shaky start on the first day of the Games by placing further down at a distant forty-second in the 10 m air pistol with a total of 565, bettering just five points from his entry standard.[6][7] Three days after an unsteady air pistol feat, Lorenzo nailed a fantastic, fifth-seeded score at 562 to reach the eight-man final in the 50 m pistol, before eventually dropping to last with the lowest score of the field at 90.0 for a total of 652.0 points.[8][9]

Notes
  1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lorenzo and the second or maternal family name is González.

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Isidro Lorenzo". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Isidro Lorenzo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. "El zamorano Isidro Lorenzo se proclama en Madrid campeón de España de Pistola Libre" [Isidro Lorenzo has proclaimed the Spanish free pistol champion in Madrid] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. "María Quintanal apunta al podio en Tiro Olímpico" [María Quintanal aims for an Olympic podium in shooting] (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  5. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. "Lorenzo y Colado, en pistola aire" [Lorenzo and Colado compete in air pistol] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  8. "Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Final". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. "Diploma olímpico en tiro" [Olympic award in shooting] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.


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