Tokyo, July 31, 2021 - The Shooting Olympics and the adventure of Team Beretta in Tokyo 2020 conclude today with the Trap Mixed Team finals. After Jiří Lipták's exciting gold in the Men's Trap and the beautiful bronze by Alessandra Perilli in the Women's Trap, 2 more medals are added to the Beretta palmarès with the victory of the Spanish team of Fatima Galvez who wins the gold with 148/150 (+1), and the silver of San Marino which gives a second recognition to Alessandra Perilli with the result of 148/150 (+0).
The experience of Team Beretta in these Olympic Games therefore comes to an end with a total of 9 medals (3 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes). 10 years after its launch, the DT11 platform is reconfirmed as the first choice of champions and an ally of the winners of this Olympics.
Here is the report of the results of the Beretta athletes for Tokyo 2020:
- Gold - Skeet Men - Vincent Hancock (USA) with DT11 Black
- Gold - Trap Men - Jiří Lipták (CZE) with DT11
- Gold - Trap Mixed Team - Fatima Galvez (SPA) with DT11 Black
- Silver - Skeet Women - Diana Bacosi (ITA) with DT11
- Silver - Skeet Men - Jesper Hansen (DEN) with DT11
- Silver - Trap Mixed Team - Alessandra Perilli (SMR) with DT11
- Bronze - Skeet Men - Abdullah Al-Rashidi (KWT) with ASE90
- Bronze - Women's Skeet - Wei Meng (CHN) with DT11
- Bronze - Trap Women - Alessandra Perilli (SMR) with DT11
Daniele Piva, Commercial and Marketing Director of the Pietro Beretta Arms Factory, declares: "We are happy with these two medals. Fatima Galvez and Alessandra Perilli gave us a lot of emotions. For them not only our DT11s but also the vests of the respective Nationals and Shooting Data to complete the Beretta branded equipment. Too bad for Team Italy to which we are emotionally tied for obvious reasons, but I'm sure that thanks to our support we can start again and look to Paris with confidence. Long live the Beretta Team! "
Il President Franco Gussalli Beretta finally commented: “Two more precious medals! I am happy for the prestigious overall result, the second best ever. With 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronzes we archive an important Olympiad. The DT11 is confirmed as an extremely performing shotgun in every discipline. Congratulations to our athletes, thank you for the immense sacrifices they make every day and for their ability to convey our beautiful sport all over the world. Finally, thanks also to all the collaborators at Beretta who support the important Olympic project."
A tribute and thanks therefore go to all the Beretta athletes who landed at these Olympics from all over the world and to the finalists, who failed to win a medal but who demonstrated extraordinary results and promise a bright future in international competitions: Eetu Kallioinen , 124-year-old Finn in fourth place for the men's Skeet; Jorge Martin Orozco Diaz, Mexican just 125 years old one step from the Trap podium, the French Eric Delaunay and the Italian Tammaro Cassandro (fifth and sixth place respectively in the men's Skeet) who broke the record for the best qualifying result with XNUMX / XNUMX; Yu Haicheng, also very young XNUMX years old and Chinese revelation who wins a fifth place in Trap; the Australians Laetisha Scanlan and Penny Smith (respectively fourth and sixth in Trap) and Silvana Stanco, who takes home the best result for the Italian team with a fifth place in the women's Trap.