Luisa Maida

Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva (born October 7, 1979 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran sport shooter.[2] She won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 10 and 25 m pistol events at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1][3]

Luisa Maida
Personal information
Full nameLuisa Cristina del Rosario Maida
Leiva
Nationality El Salvador
Born (1979-10-07) 7 October 1979
San Salvador, El Salvador
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
Coached byStan Martin[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  El Salvador
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro AP40
2007 Rio de Janeiro SP

Maida made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed thirty-sixth in the 10 m air pistol, and forty-first in the 25 m pistol, with total scores of 368 and 557 points, respectively.

Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Maida qualified for her second Salvadoran team, as a 29-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two pistol shooting events. She placed thirty-fourth out of forty-four shooters in the women's 10 m air pistol by two points ahead of Czech Republic's Michaela Musilová, with a total score of 375 targets.[4] Three days later, Maida reached the final of the women's 25 m pistol, as the first female Latin American sport shooter, after scoring a total of 582 targets (292 in the precision stage and 290 in the rapid fire) from the qualifying rounds.[5] Unfortunately, she finished only in eighth place by 3.7 points behind Thailand's Tanyaporn Prucksakorn, with a total score of 774.0 targets (192.0 in the final).[6][7]

Olympic results
Event 2000 2008
25 metre pistol 41st
557		 8th
582+192.0
10 metre air pistol 36th
368		 34th
557

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Luisa Maida". ISSF. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luisa Maida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "Chao top shooter at Pan Am Games". CBC Sports. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. "Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. "Women's 25m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  6. "Women's 25m Pistol Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. "Salvadorian shooter is first Latin American woman in shooting final". Xinhua News Agency. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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