Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida (born 23 September 1969) is a Brazilian sport shooter.^[2] Almeida had won a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze) in pistol shooting at the Pan American Games (1995 in Mar de Plata, Argentina, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, and 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico).^[3][4] He also captured a silver and a bronze medal in centre-fire and standard pistol at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany, with scores of 586 and 574, respectively.^[1][5]

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Júlio Almeida

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Full name	Júlio Antonio de Souza e Almeida
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 54) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	10 m air pistol (AP60) 25 m rapid fire pistol (RFP) 50 m pistol (FP)
Club	Caça e Tiro Dias Velho[1]
Coached by	Silvio Aguiar[1]
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Brazil World Championships 2010 Munich 25 m center fire pistol team 2018 Changwon 25 m center fire pistol 2010 Munich 25 m center fire pistol 2010 Munich 25 m standard pistol 2014 Granada 25 m standard pistol team Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 50 m pistol 1995 Mar de Plata 25 m center fire pistol 2007 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol 2011 Guadalajara 10 m air pistol 2011 Guadalajara 50 m pistol 2019 Lima 10 m air pistol South American Games 2010 Medellín 10 m air pistol 2010 Medellín 25 m standard pistol 2010 Medellín 50 m pistol 2010 Medellín Team 10 m air pistol 2010 Medellín Team 25 m standard pistol 2010 Medellín Team 50 m pistol 2014 Santiago 25 m rapid fire pistol Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong 25 m center fire pistol team

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At age thirty-nine, Almeida made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in three pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 580 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by one point behind Armenia's Norayr Bakhtamyan from the final attempt, finishing only in thirteenth place.^[6] Three days later, Almeida placed eighteenth in his second event, 50 m rifle pistol, by three points ahead of Italy's Francesco Bruno, with a total score of 554 targets.^[7] For his third and final event, 25 m rapid fire pistol, Almeida was able to shoot a total of 568 targets (284 each on the first and second stage) in the preliminary rounds, finishing only in eleventh place by four points behind China's Liu Zhongsheng.^[8][9]