BROL WRITES HIS NAME IN GUATEMALA'S OLYMPIC HISTORY

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BROL WRITES HIS NAME IN GUATEMALA’S OLYMPIC HISTORY

Jul 30, 2024

Guatemala is celebrating the conquest of its athlete Jean Pierre Brol, who on Tuesday made it big at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games when he won the second Olympic medal in the history of his country.

Brol stepped onto the podium at the Chaterauroux Shooting Center to receive the bronze medal in the men’s pit event, in which he scored 35 points to escort Britain’s Nathan Hales – who set an Olympic record with 48 hits in 50 shots – and China’s Ying Qi, silver with 44 hits.

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Brol’s medal has great significance for Guatemala, which before today had only once celebrated a similar achievement.

Before the shooter’s feat, the only medal in the Olympic Games was won by Erick Barrondo, who took silver in the race walk at London 2012.

“I think I can do important things in Paris,” he told the press team of the Olympic Committee of Guatemala a few months ago, and he did it. In order to experience this historic moment, Brol had to win the qualification in a tie-breaker among six shooters. He had finished the preliminary rounds with 122 points out of 125.

The 41-year-old athlete had already made history by becoming the first Guatemalan shooter to qualify for the Olympic final. His first Olympic Games experience was in London 2012 and now he managed to return in a big way.

“I am very excited, I have to think to explain what I feel. It’s been a long road, a super atypical cycle because of all the things we’ve been through. We prepared well for this event, too bad I couldn’t give a little more but the effort I gave was enough for this,” he said after winning the medal.

“This is something that every athlete wants and now I will enjoy. I share the medal with Guatemala, thanks to all those who write to me, I am grateful for the trials I have gone through, they make me stronger to work under pressure in this type of competitions”, added the athlete who started shooting at the age of 14 with his father and for a while he shared his practice with another of his passions: motorcycling.

🇬🇹🥹 ¡NUESTRA BANDERA! Los colores de Guatemala se subieron al podio de los #JuegosOlímpicos de #Paris2024, gracias a la BRILLANTE actuación de Jean Pierre Brol 🤍💙.

🤩 ¡Guatemala en lo más alto! ¡Nuestros colores! 🤩 #GuatemalaEnParís2024 pic.twitter.com/ULX0K1Y6qN
— C O G (@COGuatemalteco) July 30, 2024

Brol es tres veces campeón de Centroamérica y del Caribe en Mayagüez 2010, Veracruz 2014 y Barranquilla 2018, se quedó con la plata en el Gran Prix de Chipre en 2016 y el bronce en la Copa del Mundo de Tiro de la ISSF en Río de Janeiro ese año.

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