Andrea Benelli

Andrea Benelli

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1960-06-28)28 June 1960 Florence, Italy
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	Trap
Medal record Men's Shooting Olympic Games 2004 Athens Skeet individual 1996 Atlanta Skeet individual World Championships 1980 Moskow Skeet individual 1981 Tucuman Skeet team 1986 Suhl Skeet team 1987 Valencia Skeet individual 1989 Montecatini Skeet team 1993 Barcelona Skeet team 1994 Fagnano Skeet team 1999 Tampere Skeet team 2006 Zagreb Skeet team 1985 Montecatini Skeet team 1986 Suhl Skeet individual 1987 Valencia Skeet team 1995 Nicosia Skeet team 1999 Tamper Skeet individual 2003 Nicosia Skeet team 2005 Lonato Skeet team Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Skeet individual

Andrea Benelli (born June 28, 1960) is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and also earned a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Benelli is two times World Champion in Skeet Shooting, from 1987 and 1990. He earned a silver medal in 1986, and a bronze medal in 1999.

He owns and runs a Tourist Villa named Agriturismo Petrognano, located in Saint Ellero, Florence. It is a restored 18th-century farmhouse with a practice range behind it.

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