Michael Tagliapietra Paralympic Athlete of the Year


Michael


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(Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) has once again been award- ed the honor of Paralympic Athlete of the Year. Tagliapietra won the hon-


or last year when he made three Finals in one World &XS LQ


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bested those performances by qualifying for the Final in HYHU\ 3 0L[HG P 3LVWRO SH1) event at a World Cup in which he has competed. He also won a gold medal this year in the event at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Syd- ney.


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every Final in that event for over a year now and has used that experience to learn how to shoot them well,” said Bob Foth, Nation- al Paralympic Coach. “Tim- LQJ IRU KLV À UVW :RUOG &XS gold medal is excellent with the Paralympic Games in Rio just one year away.” Tagliapietra had already


earned a Paralympic quota in P3 at the IPC Shooting


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quota is essentially a coun- try’s ticket to participate in Olympic or Paralympic com- petition. Though the Team IRU WKH


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Games won’t be selected by a committee and named XQWLO WKH VXPPHU RI Tagliapietra has positioned himself well to earn a team nomination with strong per- formances not only in P3, EXW DOVR LQ 3 0HQ·V


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has also acquired the Mini- mum Qualifying Score (MQS) to compete in the Paralym- pic Games, should he earn the team nomination.


Photo by DeWitt Photography


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