Jorge Ballesteros Fernández (27 May 1983 – 10 January 2023) was a Spanish
sport shooter
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who took the gold medal overall in the Open division at the
2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot. At the
2005 World Shoot he took the overall bronze medal in the Open division, and in
2002
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he took the bronze medal in the Junior category. He also won two
European Handgun Championship Open division gold medals (2013 and 2016), and won the
Spanish Handgun Championship 12 times.
On 11 January 2023, it was announced that Ballesteros had been found in his car with a gunshot wound to his head. He was rushed to the hospital, but died from his injuries. He was 39.
References
1983 births
2023 deaths
IPSC shooters
IPSC World Shoot Champions
Spanish male sport shooters
Sportspeople from San Sebastián
Deaths by firearm in Spain
21st-century Spanish sportsmen
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