From 7 to 13 August at Rio 2016 Olympics there will be a piece of Italy that has already won its gold medal. These are Italian weapons and ammunition for skeet shooting, a discipline that will involve 130 athletes from 55 countries who will use tricolor rifles in 95% of cases and in 80% also ammunition produced in Italy. THE Brazilian Olympic Games among other things, they could achieve the fourth total success of Italian weapons, in fact in the three previous editions (London 2012, Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004) the whole shooting range was won with Italian rifles, using in most cases also tricolor ammunition.
Obviously, similar results were also recorded in the previous Olympics, a sign of an unstoppable growth path, which continues to give royal satisfaction to manufacturing companies and the Italian manufacturing sector, represented by thousands of medium-small companies that work, despite the difficulties, keeping high the name of Italy.
"Rio 2016 is already a success for us, yet another. - declares Stefano Fiocchi, president of ANPAM (National Association of Sports and Civil Weapons and Ammunition Manufacturers, sector association adhering to Confindustria) - Thinking that 95% of the athletes competing in the Shooting in Rio 2016 have chosen our weapons and more than 80% also the ammunition fills us with pride, but it also rewards the efforts we make every day and always. We continue to be the best in the world as suppliers of sports equipment of this level, both because we combine craftsmanship and the highest technology and because we have dedicated departments that work 365 days a year with athletes. We know how to make series products that are of high quality, this is the big difference represented by the Made in Italy sport and civil gunsmith, appreciated and desired all over the world. But now we hope to be able to end this adventure - he concludes Bows - even with some prestigious blue medals".
THE ITALIAN OLYMPIC CARDS OF FLYING SHOOTING IN RIO 2016
To seal this great production success there is also the importance achieved by the tricolor sports movement, Italy is in fact the country that has managed to detach the largest number of Olympic cards (9 out of 10 available), followed at a great distance by other Nationals. In fact, examples of longevity such as Giovanni Pelielo, at the seventh Olympiad, and talented young and woman, like the reigning Olympic champion Jessica Rossi, Together with Massimo Fabbrizi, Luigi Lodde, Antonino Barillà, Chiara Cainero, Diana Bacosi, Marco Innocenti e Gabriel Rossetti. Satisfactions that reward the efforts made by FITAV (Italian Shooting Federation) with which ANPAM has always collaborated for the promotion of one of the most formative individual sports, at the same time elegant and absolutely safe. With this in mind, the NeoFitav project born from the collaboration between ANPAM, CNCN, FITAV and the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, which invites those who want to try their hand at this sport to a free trial. Just go to the site www.neofitav.it, choose the nearest affiliated shooting range and book your own test, which will be followed by a qualified instructor who will be able to give all the necessary advice to young and old.
ITALIAN SPORTS WEAPONS AND THE HISTORY OF OLYMPIC MEDALS - The excellence of shotguns produced in Italy has a historical link with the Olympic shooting medals, here are some data of the victories in the last five editions:
- Olympics of London 2012: 15 medals on 15 were won with Italian rifles, for ammunition we are 12 out of 15
- Olympics of Beijing 2008: 15 medals on 15 were won with Italian rifles by athletes of 10 different nationalities, for ammunition we are 10 out of 15
- Olympics of Athens 2004: 18 medals on 18 were won with Italian rifles by athletes of 13 different nationalities, for ammunition we are 14 out of 18
- Olympics of Sidney 2000: 16 medals on 18 they are conquered with Italian rifles
- Olympics of Atlanta 1996: 11 medals on 12 they are conquered with Italian rifles
CALENDAR AND NAMES OF THE BLUES OF THE FLIGHT SHOOTING AT RIO 2016
Sunday August 7
14.00 Women's Trap, qualifications (JESSICA ROSSI)
14.00 Trap Men, qualifying round 1 (MASSIMO FABBRIZI and GIOVANNI PELLIELO)
19.30 Women's Trap, Final
Monday August 8
14.00 Trap Men, qualifying round 2
19.30 Men's Trap, Final
Wednesday August 10
14.00 Double trap Men, qualifications (ANTONINO BARILLÀ and MARCO INNOCENTI)
19.30 Double trap Men, Final
Friday August 12th
14.00 Men's Skeet, qualifying round 1 (LUIGI LODDE and GABRIELE ROSSETTI)
14.00 Women's Skeet, qualifications (CHIARA CAINERO and DIANA BACOSI)
19.30 Women's Skeet, Final
Saturday August 13th
14.00 Men's Skeet, qualifying round 2
19.30 Men's Skeet, final
SOME DATA OF THE ITALIAN SPORTS ARMOR SECTOR. (Source: research carried out in 2011 by the University of Urbino "Carlo Bò" - Faculty of Economics)
Italy is the leading European producer of sporting-hunting weapons (covering about 60% of the entire EU supply) and is the most important exporter in the world of sporting, commercial and ammunition weapons: in fact, exports reach 90% of production, particularly in the USA (about 45%). There are few sectors that can boast an import-export scale with these values. The sector in the strict sense (producers and suppliers) is made up of: 2.264 companies, 11.358 employees and a production value (turnover) of 486.338.624 euros.
The sector is made up of small and medium-sized companies (excluding a couple of medium-large companies for weapons and one for ammunition), very often of family origin. It is a sector that is based on a supply chain that combines artisan and artistic excellence and traditions (think of the engravers) and technologically advanced structures.
ITALIAN COMPANIES SUPPLIERS FITAV
Shotguns
- BERETTA
- PERAZZI
- CAESAR GUERINI
Ammunition
- BASCHIERI & PELLAGRI
- BORNAGHI
- ASK
- CLEVER
- BOWS
- NOBEL SPORT ITALIA
- RC EXIMPORT
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