Giovanni Pellielo

Giovanni Pellielo (born 11 January 1970) is an Italian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in Men's trap at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2016 Rio Olympics.^[3]

Giovanni Pellielo

Personal information
Nickname	Johnny
National team	Italy
Born	(1970-01-11) 11 January 1970 (age 55) Vercelli, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Shooting
Event	Trap
Club	Fiamme Azzurre[1]
Start activity	1991 (senior)[2]
Coached by	Albano Pera
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Italy Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 3 1 World Championships 16 6 3 World Cup 10 2 7 World Cup Final 7 7 2 European Championships 18 9 5 European Games 1 1 1 Mediterranean Games 3 1 1 Total 55 29 20 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Trap 2008 Beijing Trap 2016 Rio de Janeiro Trap 2000 Sydney Trap World Championships 1993 Barcelona Trap team 1994 Fagnano Trap team 1995 Nicosia Trap 1995 Nicosia Trap team 1997 Lima Trap 1997 Lima Trap team 1998 Barcelona Trap 1998 Barcelona Trap team 2005 Lonato del Garda Trap team 2009 Maribor Trap team 2010 Munich Trap team 2011 Belgrade Trap team 2013 Lima Trap 2014 Granada Trap team 2017 Moscow Trap team 2019 Lonato del Garda Trap team 1993 Barcelona Trap 2003 Nicosia Trap 2003 Nicosia Trap team 2007 Nicosia Trap team 2015 Lonato del Garda Trap 2015 Lonato del Garda Trap team 2023 Baku Trap team 2002 Lahti Trap 2014 Granada Trap 2018 Changwon Trap team European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed trap 2019 Minsk Mixed trap 2015 Baku Trap European Championships 1997 Sipoo Trap 2009 Osijek Trap 2015 Maribor Trap 2025 Chateauroux Trap Team 1999 Poussan Trap 2001 Zagreb Trap 2005 Belgrade Trap 2010 Kazan Trap 2024 Lonato Mixed team trap 2000 Montecatini Trap Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari Trap 2005 Almería Trap 2013 Mersin Trap 2009 Pescara Trap 2018 Tarragona Trap

Biography

Giovanni Pellielo is trained by the Olympic champion and technical commissioner of the Italian national team Albano Pera.^[4] He won ten stages of the World Cup^[5] and fifteen medals at the World Cup Final from 1992 to 2015.^[6]

Since 2016, Pellielo has been an ordained bishop in the liberal Catholic Holy Celtic Church International.^[7]

Medals

Olympic Games

Event	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2024
Trap (mixed)	10th 145+48	Not held
Trap (men)	Not held	13th 120	Bronze 116+24	Silver 122+24	Silver 120+23	8th 121	Silver 122+27	16th 121

World Championships

Pellielo won 25 medal, 9 individual^[8] and 16 in team events,^[9] at the World Shooting Championships.

Edition	Venue	Event	Individual			Team			Other teammates
1993	Barcelona	Trap	0	1	0	1	0	0	Roberto Scalzone, Marco Venturini
1994	Fagnano Olona	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Roberto Scalzone, Marco Venturini
1995	Nicosia	Trap	1	0	0	1	0	0	Marcello Tittarelli, Marco Venturini
1997	Lima	Trap	1	0	0	1	0	0	Roberto Scalzone, Rodolfo Viganò
1998	Barcelona	Trap	1	0	0	1	0	0	Marcello Tittarelli, Marco Venturini
2002	Lahti	Trap	0	0	1	0	0	0
2003	Nicosia	Trap	0	1	0	0	1	0	Marco Venturini, Massimo Fabbrizi
2005	Lonato	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Massimiliano Mola, Massimo Fabbrizi
2007	Nicosia	Trap	0	0	0	0	1	0	Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2009	Maribor	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2010	Munich	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2011	Belgrade	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Rodolfo Viganò, Massimo Fabbrizi
2013	Lima	Trap	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Granada	Trap	0	0	1	1	0	0	Valerio Grazini, Massimo Fabbrizi
2015	Lonato	Trap	0	1	0	0	1	0	Valerio Grazini, Massimo Fabbrizi
2017	Moscow	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Valerio Grazini, Daniele Resca
2018	Granada	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Valerio Grazini, Mauro De Filippis
2019	Changwon	Trap	0	0	0	0	0	1	Valerio Grazini, Mauro De Filippis
			4	3	2	12	3	1

World Cup

The Shotgun World Cup took place in 5 stages + the World Cup Finals up to 1997, since 1998 it takes place in 4 stages + the World Cup Finals.

Edition	Venue	Stage	Individual
1992	Lonato	WC 4	1	0	0
1992	Suhl	WC 5	1	0	0
1993	Fagnano Olona	WC 5	1	0	0
1994	Nicosia	WC 1	1	0	0
1995	Chiba	WC 4	1	0	0
1997	New Delhi	WC 1	1	0	0
1998	Atlanta	WC 3	0	0	1
2001	Lonato	WC 3	0	0	1
2002	Shanghai	WC 2	1	0	0
2003	Lonato	WC 4	1	0	0
2004	Americana	WC 4	0	0	1
2005	Changwon	WC 1	1	0	0
2009	Minsk	WC 3	1	0	0
2012	London	WC 2	0	0	1
2013	Al Ain	WC 2	0	1	0
2017	New Delhi	WC 1	0	1	0
			10	2	4

European Championships

Pellielo won his first medal at senior level at the European Shooting Championships in 1991, at the age of 21, in the edition held in Casalecchio di Reno near Bologna.^[2]

Edition	Venue	Event	Individual			Team			Other temmates
1991	Bologna	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Marco Venturini, Albano Pera
1994	Lisbon	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Marco Venturini, Roberto Scalzone
1995	Lahti	Trap	0	0	0	0	1	0	Marco Venturini, Marcello Tittarelli
1997	Sipoo	Trap	1	0	0	1	0	0	Daniele Cioni, Rodolfo Viganò
1999	Poussan	Trap	0	1	0	1	0	0	Marco Venturini, Rodolfo Viganò
2000	Montecatini Terme	Trap	0	0	1	1	0	0	Marco Venturini, Rodolfo Viganò
2001	Zagreb	Trap	0	1	0	1	0	0	Marco Venturini, Carlo Angelantoni
2002	Lonato del Garda	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Marco Venturini, Rodolfo Viganò
2003	Antibes	Universal trench	0	1	0	0	0	1
2005	Belgrade	Trap	0	1	0	0	1	0	Massimiliano Mola, Massimo Fabbrizi
2006	Maribor	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2008	Nicosia	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2009	Osijek	Trap	1	0	0	1	0	0	Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2010	Kazan	Trap	0	1	0	0	1	0	Erminio Frasca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2011	Belgrade	Trap	0	0	0	0	0	1	Rodolfo Viganò, Massimo Fabbrizi
2012	Larnaca	Trap	0	0	0	0	0	1	Rodolfo Viganò, Massimo Fabbrizi
2014	Sarlóspuszta	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Mauro De Filippis, Massimo Fabbrizi
2015	Maribor	Trap	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Lonato del Garda	Trap	0	0	0	0	0	1	Daniele Resca, Massimo Fabbrizi
2017	Baku	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Daniele Resca, Mauro De Filippis
2018	Leobersdorf	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Emanuele Buccolieri, Mauro De Filippis
		Trap mixed	0	0	0	1	0	0	Jessica Rossi
2019	Lonato del Garda	Trap	0	0	0	1	0	0	Valerio Grazini, Mauro De Filippis
			3	5	1	15	3	4

Records

Current world records held in trap
Men	Qualification	125	Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)  Ray Ycong (USA)  Marcello Tittarelli (ITA)  Lance Bade (USA)  Pavel Gurkin (RUS)  David Kostelecký (CZE)  Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA)  Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA)  Michael Diamond (AUS)  Giovanni Pellielo (ITA)  Casey Wallace (USA)  Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas (GUA)  James Willett (AUS)  Josip Glasnovic (CRO)  Jiří Lipták (CZE)  Sebastien Guerrero (FRA)	April 1, 1994 June 9, 1995 June 11, 1996 July 23, 1998 August 10, 2005 October 5, 2006 May 15, 2009 September 6, 2011 August 6, 2012 April 18, 2013 October 16, 2014 August 15, 2015 March 19, 2019 April 9, 2019 June 2, 2021 September 24, 2023	Nicosia (CYP) Lahti (FIN) Suhl (GER) Barcelona (ESP) Americana (BRA) Granada (ESP) Munich (GER) Belgrade (SRB) London (ENG) Al Ain (UAE) Guadalajara (MEX) Qabala (AZE) Guadalajara (MEX) Al Ain (UAE) Osijek (CRO) Osijek (CRO)	edit
	Teams	371	Italy (De Filippis, Pellielo, Fabbrizi)	September 24, 2023	Osijek (CRO)	edit
Mixed Team	Final	47	Jessica Rossi (Italy)  Giovanni Pellielo (Italy)	August 5, 2018	Leobersdorf (Austria)	edit

See also

• Multi-participation men in shooting at the Olympic Games
• Italy at the Olympics – Athletes with most appearances
• World Cup Multi-Medalists
• Trap World Champions