Yarimar Mercado

In this article, the surname is Mercado, not Martínez.
Yarimar Mercado
Yarimar Mercado at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameYarimar Mercado Martínez
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 29)
Yauco, Puerto Rico
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air rifle (AR40)[1]
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)[1]
50 m rifle prone (STR60PR)[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto STR3X20

Yarimar Mercado Martínez (born March 12, 1995) is a Puerto Rican sports shooter.[1] She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

In April 2022, her mother was killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home while she was sewing.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". issf-sports.org.
  2. ^ "Yarimar Mercado". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Puerto Rico Olympian's mother killed at home by stray bullet". AP NEWS. April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.


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