PAOLO MONNA
Date of Birth: 19/04/1998
Place of Birth: Fasano (Brindisi)
Weight x Height: 85 x 1,84
Speciality: 10m Air Pistol
First Club: Tiro a Segno Carovigno
Club: Carabinieri
First Coach: Giuseppe Argentieri
Coach: Roberto Di Donna
Other Sports: Cycling
Hobby: Fishing
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Appearances:
2 (Tokyo 2020, Parigi 2024)
Biography
His first experiences with arms came at an early age. In fact, he comes from a family of hunters. At the age of eight, he discovered the firing range and began to build his fairytale career through method, application and talent. His growth was exponential and, in a short time, he became the pride of Carovigno, his home town. His pistol has always been on target. In 2017, he earned the spotlight by winning silver and bronze junior medals at the European Championships in Maribor and at the World Championships in Suhl, respectively – a prelude to his subsequent achievements among the seniors. Polite, calm and constantly striving for perfection, he has six podiums at continental level in his trophy cabinet, including the two obtained in the summer of 2023 at the European Games in Krakow. Ahead of Paris 2024, for which he qualified by triumphing at the European Championships in Gyor in the same year, he has only one goal in his sights: to put Italy back on the Olympic podium.
Print
Palmares
Olympic Games
26° Tokyo (JPN) 2020
3° Parigi (FRA) 2024
World Championships
28° Il Cairo (EGY) 2022
33° Il Cairo (EGY) 2022 - Mixed
22° Baku (AZE) 2023
9° Baku (AZE) 2023 - Mixed
European Championships
14° Osijek (CRO) 2019
2° Wroclaw (POL) 2020
5° Osijek (CRO) 2021
21° Osijek (CRO) 2021 - Mixed
10° Hamar (NOR) 2022
3° Hamar (NOR) 2022 - Mixed
3° Tallinn (EST) 2023
10° Tallinn (EST) 2023 - Mixed
1° Gyor (HUN) 2024
13° Gyor (HUN) 2024 - Mixed
World Cup
Final
2° Doha (QAT) 2023
Other Games
Giochi Europei - European Games
5° Minsk (BLR) 2019
3° Cracovia (POL) 2023
1° Cracovia (POL) 2023 - Mixed