Patricia Rivas

Patricia Yanira Rivas Miranda (born February 15, 1980 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran sport shooter.[2] She won a bronze medal in the small-bore rifle prone at the 2001 American Continental Championships in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States, and was selected to compete for El Salvador in air rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] Rivas trains for the national shooting team under longtime coach Reynaido Flores.[1]

Patricia Rivas
Personal information
Full namePatricia Yanira Rivas Miranda
Nationality El Salvador
Born (1980-02-15) 15 February 1980
San Salvador, El Salvador
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle prone (STR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Coached byReynaido Flores[1]

Rivas qualified as a lone shooter for the Salvadoran squad in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She had been granted an Olympic invitation for her country by ISSF and IOC, having registered a minimum qualifying standard of 380 from her outside-final finish at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic a year earlier.[1][3] Rivas put up a more spectacular aim to set her career best of 393 points in the qualifying round after nailing a perfect 100 on the third 10-shot series, but her score was sufficient to land her in a two-way draw with India's Anjali Bhagwat for twentieth position.[4][5]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Patricia Rivas". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patricia Rivas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Rifle Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. "Atenas: Salvadoreña Rivas sorprendida con su desempeño" [Athens: El Salvador's Rivas was surprised with her performance] (in Spanish). MyPlainview.com. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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