Fernanda Russo

Fernanda Russo (born October 2, 1999 in Córdoba) is an Argentine sport shooter.[1] She won a silver medal in the air rifle at the 2015 Pan American Games, and also shared a runner-up prize with Mexico's José Santos Valdes in the mixed international rifle team at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[2][3]

Fernanda Russo
Personal information
Full nameFernanda Russo
Nationality Argentina
Born (1999-10-02) 2 October 1999
Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
2019 LimaMixed 10 m air rifle
2015 Toronto 10 m air rifle
2019 Lima10 m air rifle
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Summer Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing Mixed team

Russo made her first Olympic team for Argentina as a fourteen-year-old at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, claiming the silver medal in shooting. In her first event, the girls' 10 m air rifle, she shot 406.9 points to finish thirteenth from a field of twenty, but missed out a chance to compete for the final.[4] Two days later, Russo and her Mexican partner José Santos Valdes had put up a decent aim to take home the silver in the mixed international rifle team competition, losing the final match 2–10 to Hungary's István Péni and Egypt's Hadir Mekhimar.[2][5]

The 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada sought Russo a chance to prove her credentials on the world stage despite of her age. Coming to the final round of the women's 10 m air rifle with a fourth-seeded score of 411.3, Russo marked a superb 204.7 to claim a silver medal in a duel against Mexico's Goretti Zumaya, who eventually walked away with a victory by just a narrow 0.1-point margin.[3][6] Moreover, Russo secured a place on the Argentine team and had an opportunity to be selected for her first ever Olympics.

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Fernanda Russo". ISSF. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. Ceschi, Alessandro (22 August 2014). "Hungary and Egypt take first-ever Air Rifle mixed, last event of Nanjing". ISSF. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. "Canadian, U.S. and Mexican shooters earn Rio berths". Reuters. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. "Nanjing 2014: Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification Results". ISSF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  5. "Joy, despair and friendships formed at final day of shooting". JSChina. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. Leza, Germán (13 July 2015). "A los 15 años, ganó la plata y se clasificó a Río: "No vine por una medalla, no me lo esperaba"" [At age 15, she won a silver and a spot for Rio; "I did not expect to come closer to the medal podium"]. La Nación. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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