Alessandra Perilli (born 1 April 1988) is a professional target shooter. Born in Italy, she represents San Marino internationally. She won San Marino's first ever Olympic medal, a bronze, in Women's Trap at the

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Biography

Perilli was born in

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. She is the daughter of Claudio Perilli, an Italian who was on the national team in trap, and a Sammarinese mother. She also has a sister, Arianna Perilli, who played for the Italian national team in trap like her father. She took up shooting in 2001 after being introducted to it by her father. In 2009, Alessandra started representing San Marino through her mother. One of her first events representing San Marino was at the

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, where she won silver in trap. Another one of her first international events was at the

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in 2011, where she won the women's trap competition. She finished 4th after a draw for 2nd place with a French and a Slovakian shooter in the Women's trap at the 2012 Summer Olympics. With her win in 2012 she became the first Sanmarinese athlete to finish fourth or higher, as the previous best was with Francesco Nanni at the

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. Between 2013 and 2014, she took seven months off after she became pregnant with her son. She competed for San Marino at the

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. She finished 13th in the qualifications for women's trap and did not qualify for the finals. She was the flag bearer for San Marino in the Parade of Nations. She competed for San Marino at the

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, where she won the bronze medal in women's trap, becoming the first Olympic medalist for San Marino in history. Her win was also historic as San Marino became the smallest country in history to win a medal. Days later, she added a silver medal with Gian Marco Berti in the mixed team trap event.

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Alessandra Perilli
at the London 2012 Summer Olympics {{DEFAULTSORT:Perli, Alessandra 1988 births Living people Sammarinese female sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for San Marino Olympic silver medalists for San Marino Olympic bronze medalists for San Marino Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Games bronze medalists for San Marino European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2015 European Games Shooters at the 2019 European Games Shooters at the 2023 European Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for San Marino Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for San Marino Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Sammarinese people of Italian descent Italian people of Sammarinese descent Sportspeople from Rimini