Juan Jorge Giha Yarur is a nationalized Peru

Peru

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vian sports shooter

Shooting

Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...

 and Olympic medalist. A six-time Olympian he received a silver medal in Skeet Shooting

Olympic Skeet

Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...

 at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, second after gold-winner Zhang Shan

Zhang Shan

Zhang Shan is a Chinese sports shooter and Olympic Champion. She won the gold medal in the Olympic Skeet Shooting event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....

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Biography

Born in Santiago de Chile, Chile, he is the son of Juan Giha Ali and Nelly Yarur, and brother of José Luis, Nicolas, Nelly Cecilia and Nathalie. He went to Inmaculado Corazon School up to third grade and then attended Santa Maria High School were he finished his studies. He then attended the Universidad de Lima where he obtained a Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering. In 1982, he married Joyce Abusada. In 1989, they had a son who they named Juan Ricardo. In the years to come, he would prepare himself for his conquest in 1992, where he obtained the Silver medal in the Barcelona, Spain 1992 Olympic Games.

Further in his career, after several triumphs like 27 consecutive national championships wins, Panamerican games, twice South American Championships, and other remarkable triumphs, in 1997, he accomplished a record-winning achievement. During the second half of the year, he would win several shooting events. Starting with the Bolivarian Games in Arequipa, Peru with Skeet record ,one week after wins South American competition in Santiago Chile named Eulogio Pasten Leiva , a well known competition and following this events He achieves one of His most coveted trophies , Bronze medal in world Championship held in Lima Peru on end of October 1997 , after breath taking shootoff that lasted thirty minutes, against Tamaz Imainsvilli from Georgia and Joe Buffa from USA . In this competition, renown shooters like Al-Rashidi from Kuwait and Ennio Falco from Italy would attain the first and second places.

Currently, he coaches several shooters from around the world. He has traveled to India, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Mexico to coach several professional shooters. Currently Juan is developing a special program with young shooters from Chile looking towards the next Olympic Games held in 2012.

Olympic results

Event	1988	1992	1996	2000
Skeet Olympic Skeet Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...  (mixed)	27th Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Skeet Skeet was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Open to both men and women, it was won by Axel Wegner.-Qualification round:DNF Did not finish – Q Qualified for semifinal-Semifinal:... 144	Silver Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Skeet Skeet was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the last Olympic skeet competition open to both men and women, and the only mixed shooting competition at the Olympics ever won by a woman: Zhang Shan... 149+49+24	Not held
Skeet Olympic Skeet Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...  (men)	Not held		42nd Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's skeet Men's skeet was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Ennio Falco shot a perfect 125 in the qualification round and a 24 in the final, winning ahead of Mirosław Rzepkowski and Andrea Benelli, who won the bronze-medal shoot-off against Ole Riber Rasmussen.-Qualification... 115	49th Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's skeet -Qualification round:The qualification round comprised 75 targets on day 1, and 50 targets on day 2.EOR Equalled Olympic record – EWR Equalled World record – Q Qualified for final- Final :... 110