{{short description|Brazilian sport shooter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = #d09df2 | name = Rodrigo Bastos | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Rodrigo Pimentel Bastos | nickname = | nationality = {{BRA}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Guarapuava, Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.81|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|100|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | sport = Shooting | event = Trap (TR125) | club = | coach = Carlo Danna<ref name=issf/> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2003 Santo Domingo | TR125 }} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Rodrigo Pimentel Bastos''' (born July 4, 1967 in Guarapuava) is a Brazilian sport shooter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Rodrigo Bastos|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/rodrigo-bastos-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032027/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/rodrigo-bastos-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 11 September 2014}}</ref> He represented his nation Brazil in two editions of the Olympic Games (1988 and 2004), and also picked up a silver medal in men's trap at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.<ref name=issf>{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Rodrigo Bastos|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHBRAM0407196701|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=bastos-silver>{{cite news|last=Wilner|first=Barry|title=Cuban wrestlers complete sweep of Pan Am gold|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2003-08-04-panam-wrestling_x.htm|agency=Associated Press|publisher=USA Today|date=4 August 2003|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref>
Bastos made his official debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he shared a fortieth spot with Chinese shooter Gao E in the mixed trap, accumulating a total score of 137 clay pigeons.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seoul 1988: Shooting – Mixed Trap|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2p2.pdf|work=Seoul 1988|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=390|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> On that same year, Bastos scored 24 hits to pocket the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup series in Mexico City, Mexico.<ref name=issf/>
Sixteen years after his first Olympics, Bastos qualified for his second Brazilian squad, as a 37-year-old, in the men's trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he placed second behind U.S. sport shooter Lance Bade by a single point difference from the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ending a 15-year medal drought of his sporting career.<ref name=bastos-silver/><ref>{{cite news|title=Rodrigo Bastos ganha prata na fossa olímpica e garante vaga em Atenas|trans-title=Rodrigo Bastos wins silver in shooting and guarantees a place at the Olympics in Athens|language=Portuguese|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/pan/2003/ultimas/2003/08/03/ult1631u12.jhtm|publisher=Universo Online|date=3 August 2003|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> He scored 117 out of 125 targets to obtain a fourteenth spot in the prelims, tying his record with four other shooters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rodrigo Bastos chega ao Brasil|trans-title=Rodrigo Bastos arrives in Brazil|language=Portuguese|url=http://virgula.uol.com.br/esporte/rodrigo-bastos-chega-ao-brasil|publisher=Universo Online|date=18 August 2004|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting: Men's Trap Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532262.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref>
At the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Granada, Spain, Bastos delivered an astonishing record in the nation's sporting history with a fifth-place finish in the men's trap. With his nation hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Bastos is expected to compete on his third Olympic bid.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rodrigo Bastos fica em 5º no Campeonato Mundial de Tiro Esportivo|trans-title=Rodrigo Bastos finished fifth at the World Sport Shooting Champs|language=Portuguese|url=http://www.lancenet.com.br/minuto/Rodrigo-Bastos-Campeonato-Mundial-Esportivo_0_1209479144.html|publisher=Lance!|accessdate=11 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911152526/http://www.lancenet.com.br/minuto/Rodrigo-Bastos-Campeonato-Mundial-Esportivo_0_1209479144.html|archivedate=11 September 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.rodrigobastos.com.br/}} {{in lang|pt}} *[http://esporte.uol.com.br/olimpiadas/brasileiros/tiro/bastos.jhtm UOL Profile – Rodrigo Bastos] {{in lang|pt}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bastos, Rodrigo}} Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian male sport shooters Category:Olympic shooters for Brazil Category:Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:People from Guarapuava Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in shooting Category:Shooters at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Category:Sportspeople from Paraná (state) Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
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