Roberto José Elias

Roberto José Elías Orozco (born November 6, 1976 in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican sport shooter.[2] He won two bronze medals in both air and small-bore rifle at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, accumulating scores of 1,223.4 and 690.9 points, respectively.[1][3] Elias also competed for his respective shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

Roberto José Elias
Personal information
Full nameRoberto José Elías Orozco
Nationality Mexico
Born (1976-11-06) 6 November 1976
León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
ClubCinegetico del Bavio[1]
Coached byAlessandro Elias (father)[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg STR3X20
2007 Rio de Janeiro AR60

Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Elias qualified for his third Mexican team, as a 31-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by obtaining a gold medal in the air rifle from the 2005 Championships of the Americas in Salinas, California.[1] He scored a total of 590 targets in the men's 10 m air rifle, by one point ahead of South Korea's Han Jin-Seop from the final attempt, finishing only in twenty-fifth place.[4]

Olympic results
Event 2000 2004 2008
50 metre rifle three positions 39th
1140		 36th
1137		 —
50 metre rifle prone 41st
587		 — —
10 metre air rifle 38th
583		 44th
582		 25th
590
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References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Roberto José Elías". ISSF. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roberto José Elías". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. "Logra mexicano José Elías Orozco, Bronce en rifle" [Mexico's Jose Elias Orozco wins bronze in rifle] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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