{{Short description|Brazilian sport shooter (born 1992)}} {{Portuguese name|[[Almeida (surname)|Almeida]]|[[Wu (surname)|Wu]]}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = #d09df2 | name = Felipe Almeida Wu | image = Felipe Almeida Wu 2016.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Wu with his Olympic Silver medal, August 2016 | fullname = Felipe Almeida Wu | nickname = | nationality = {{BRA}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|6|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[São Paulo]], Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.69 m | weight = 69 kg | website = | country = | sport = [[Shooting sport|Shooting]] | event = 10 m air pistol ([[AP60]])<br>50 m pistol ([[50 metre pistol|FP]]) | club = | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Shooting sport|shooting]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10m air pistol]] }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalGold | [[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]] | [[Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol|AP60]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[2023 Pan American Games|2023 Santiago]] | [[Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol|AP60]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[South American Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[Shooting at the 2010 South American Games|2010 Medellín]] | [[Shooting at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 10m air pistol|AP60 (T)]] }} {{MedalGold| [[2014 South American Games|2014 Santiago]] | [[Shooting at the 2014 South American Games|AP60]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[2022 South American Games|2022 Asunción]] | [[Shooting at the 2022 South American Games|10m air pistol]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[2022 South American Games|2022 Asunción]] | [[Shooting at the 2022 South American Games|25m fire pistol]] }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Youth Olympics]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2010 Summer Youth Olympics|2010 Singapore]] | [[Shooting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 10 metre air pistol|AP60]] }} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Felipe Almeida Wu''' (born 11 June 1992 in [[São Paulo]]) is a Brazilian sport shooter.<ref name=issf>{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Felipe Almeida Wu|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHBRAM1106199201|publisher=[[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> He won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
==Career==
He won a silver medal in the [[Shooting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 10 metre air pistol|boys' air pistol]] at the [[2010 Summer Youth Olympics]] in [[Singapore]], and then added the gold to his career hardware on his senior debut at the [[2015 Pan American Games]] in [[Toronto]].<ref name=wu-gold>{{cite news|title=Brazil's Wu claims Pan Am shooting gold, Olympic berth|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-games-panam-shooting-wu-idUSKCN0PM0X420150712|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=12 July 2015|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
Wu made his international shooting debut, as an eighteen-year-old, at the [[2010 Summer Youth Olympics]] in [[Singapore]]. There, he picked up the silver medal with a total score of 676.0 in the [[Shooting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 10 metre air pistol|boys' air pistol]], finishing closely behind Ukrainian shooter and 2012 Olympian [[Denys Kushnirov]] by three-tenths of a point margin.<ref>{{cite news|title=10m Air Pistol Men - Denys's greatest day ended up with a handshake|url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/sports_news/2010-08-25/2061997.html|publisher=[[Chinese Olympic Committee]]|date=25 August 2010|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
Despite having missed out his bid for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], Wu managed to improve his lifetime best of 201.8 points for the final meet record and his first senior title in the [[Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 10 metre air pistol|men's air pistol]] at the [[2015 Pan American Games]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name=wu-gold/><ref>{{cite news|title=Felipe Wu ganha ouro e vaga olímpica no tiro esportivo|trans-title=Felipe Wu wins gold and an Olympic berth in shooting|language=pt|url=http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,brasileiro-felipe-wu-ganha-ouro-no-pan-e-vaga-olimpica-no-tiro-esportivo,1723717|publisher=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]|date=12 July 2015|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> Following his gold medal victory at the Games, Wu has occupied one of the nine places entrusted to the host nation's squad and prepared training to compete for [[Brazil]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name=wu-gold/><ref>{{cite news|title=Atirador Felipe Wu é ouro no Pan e garante vaga para Rio-2016|trans-title=Shooter Felipe Wu takes the gold and guarantees a spot for Rio 2016|language=pt|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/afp/2015/07/12/atirador-felipe-wu-e-ouro-no-pan-e-garante-vaga-para-rio-2016.htm|publisher=[[Universo Online]]|date=12 July 2015|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
Felipe Wu won gold medal in the men's air pistol in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], first stage of [[2016 ISSF World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Felipe Wu ganha ouro e vaga olímpica no tiro esportivo|language=pt|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/tiro-esportivo/noticia/2016/03/felipe-wu-surpreende-e-leva-o-ouro-na-copa-do-mundo-de-tiro-esportivo.html|publisher=Globoesporte.com|date=5 March 2016|accessdate=5 March 2016}}</ref>
At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Felipe won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event. This was Brazil's first medal at the first Olympics in Brazil. Felipe is also the first Brazilian of Chinese descent to win a medal at the Olympics. Following this success, Felipe became well known in Brazil for his exploits.
He competed at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shooting WU Felipe Almeida|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1452244-wu-felipe-almeida.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-23|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823030303/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1452244-wu-felipe-almeida.htm}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ISSF|SHBRAM1106199201}} * {{Olympics.com|felipe-almeida-wu}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{COB profile}}
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