Eduardo José Lorenzo Casasnova (born 31 August 1966 in Santiago de los Caballeros) is a sports shooter who competed for the Dominican Republic in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 2014 Pan American Championship in trap and the silver in trap team. He is also multimedalist in the Central American and Caribbean Games having won the gold medal in trap team in 2010 and 2014, silver in trap team in Trap Team and the 2014 trap competition and also the trap team bronze in 2002.
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| Full name | Eduardo José Lorenzo Casasnova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dominican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 August 1966 Santiago de los Caballeros | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Trap, Double trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He competed in the 2005 and 2011 World Shotgun Championships and the 2014 ISSF World Championships and also the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games.
Early and personal life
editLorenzo was born Eduardo José Lorenzo Casasnova[1] and is the son of the Olympic sport shooter Domingo Lorenzo Conde (now deceased), who competed in the 1968 and the 1972 Summer Olympics[2] and Judith Casasnovas[3] and brother[4] of fellow team trap teammate Domingo Nicolás Lorenzo.[5]
Lorenzo is 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall 84 kilograms (185 lb), born on 31 August 1966[6] in Santiago de los Caballeros.[7] He started competing for the Dominican Republic in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games.[7]
Career
edit2002-2010
editLorenzo won the bronze medal in trap team with Nicolas Yunes and Eduardo Sella in the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games;[7] the team trap silver in Cargena de Indias, Colombia, in 2006 with William Escobar and Domingo Nicolás Lorenzo[7] and the team trap gold in the 2010 Games.[8] He competed in the 2003 Pan American Games ranking 13th and the 2007 edition ranking 15th. He competed in the 2005 World Shotgun Championships ending up in 38th place.[9]
2011-2014
editLorenzo participated in the 2011 Pan American Games, being fifth in the qualifier and again fifth in the trap competition final round.[9][10] He later participated in the 2011 World Shotgun Championships ranking in the 48th place.[11]
In the 2013 Bolivarian Games held in Peru, Lorenzo won the bronze medal with Sergio Piñero and Domingo Nicolas Lorenzo in the Team trap competition.[9][12]
In the 2014 Santo Domingo International Cup, Lorenzo won the trap gold medal helping his team to win the overall team competition.[13] He later participated in the 2014 ISSF World Championships in Granada, Spain, ranking in the 59th place.[9] The event served as a warm up for the Championship of the Americas.[14] In the Championship of the Americas, Lorenzo booked his 2016 Summer Olympics berth when he won the gold medal in trap defeating the American Casey Wallace in the finals. He also won the trap silver medal along with Sergio Piñero and Domingo Nicolás Lorenzo being defeated by the American team for the competition championship, also booking three berths for the 2015 Pan American Games.[15] He then traveled to Veracruz, Mexico to compete in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games winning the silver medal in trap and the gold in team trap along with Sergio Piñero and Domingo Nicolás Lorenzo.[4]
2015
editLorenzo was awarded by the Guild of Sport Writers of Santiago de los Caballeros awarded his performance during 2014.[16] He participated in the trap competition of the 2015 Pan American Games, ranking 16th in the qualification round. He served as the flag bearer for the Dominican Republic, when the designated flag bearer, boxer Juan Ramón Solano,[17] was temporarily suspended before the Opening Ceremony.[18]
2016
editThe Guild of Sport Writers of Santiago de los Caballeros, chose him for second year in a round as one of the awardees for his 2015 competition year.[19]
Lorenzo traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part of a 29 athletes representing the Dominican Republic in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[20][21] As his father was an Olympian in 1968 and 1972, joined him as the first father-son couple representing the Dominican Republic in the Olympics.[2] He confessed to arrived to the games in good shape thanks to his training seasons in Rome and Brazil.[22]
References
edit- ^ "Eduardo Jose Lorenzo Casasnova" [Eduardo Jose Lorenzo Casasnova] (in Spanish). Trujillo 2013. 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Sanchez, Carlos (30 July 2016). "Dejaron sus tierras para competir por Dominicana" [They left their home countries to compete for the Dominican Republic] (in Spanish). Santiago: Diario Libre. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "San Pedro de Macorís exalta 9 inmortales" [San Pedro de Macoris inducts 9 inmortals] (in Spanish). Santiago: El Nacional. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b "República Dominicana refrenda oro en tiro" [The Dominican Republic wins gold in shooting again] (in Spanish). Veracruz, Mexico: El Nacional. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Vega, Manuel Antonio (24 June 2009). "Muere empresario español Domingo Lorenzo Conde en San Pedro de Macorís" (in Spanish). atacando.net. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Eduardo Jose Lorenzo". Rio 2016. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Mota Nina, Alipio (21 July 2016). "Tirador Eduardo Lorenzo: 'Estoy mejor que nunca para los Juegos Olímpicos'" [Shooter Eduardo Lorenzo: 'I'm better than ever for the Olympic Games'] (in Spanish). El Dia. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Rodríguez, Ramón (23 July 2010). "Tiro al plato y esgrima coronan cosecha dorada" [Shooting and fencing crown golden harvest] (in Spanish). Listin Diario. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Shooting - Athlete Profile - Eduardo Lorenzo". Toronto 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Gana guatemalteco Jean Pierre oro en prueba de fosa olímpica de JP" [Guatemalan Jean Pierre win gold in olympic trap] (in Spanish). Santiago: Terra. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "ISSF World Championship Belgrade 2011". ISSF. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Nin Reyes y Piñero logran sendos oro" [Nin Reyes and Piñero manage one gold each] (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Listin Diario. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "RD gana Copa de Tiro; Lorenzo logra un oro" [The DR wins shooting cup; Lorenzo awarded gold] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listin Diario. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Piñero y Lorenzo mejoran en fosa mundial tiro al plato" [Piñero and Lorenzo better in world's trap] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Fedotipla. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Lorenzo conquista oro y plaza a Juegos de Río" [Lorenzo conquers gold and berth for the Rio Olympic Games] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listin Diario. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Liz, Domínguez y Lorenzo fueron los mejores en basket, natación y tiro" [Liz, Domínguez and Lorenzo were the best in en basket, swimming and shooting] (in Spanish). Santiago: Listin Diario. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Castro, Julio (6 July 2015). "Escogen a Solano como abanderado para Juegos Panamericanos de Toronto" [Solano chosen as flag bearer for Pan American Games in Toronto] (in Spanish). El Caribe. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Juan Ramón Solano es suspendido provisionalmente" [Juan Ramón Solano is provisionally suspended] (in Spanish). Toronto, Canada: Listin Diario. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Leury García, Eduardo Lorenzo, Eva Brito y Stefani Kimgs electos Mejores del Año por la ACDS" [Leury García, Eduardo Lorenzo, Eva Brito y Stefani Kimgs elected ACDS the best of the year] (in Spanish). Santiago: El Nuevo Diario. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Sanchez, Carlos (20 July 2016). "Atletismo marca diferencia en la delegación de Río" [Athletics is the difference in the Rio delegation]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Castro C., Julio E. (19 July 2016). "Atletismo llevará 13 de 29 atletas para Río" [Athletics will take 13 of 29 athletes for Rio]. El Caribe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Tirador Eduardo Lorenzo dice está bien entrenado" [Shooter Eduardo Lorenzo says is well trained]. El Dia (in Spanish). 19 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.