GIL Melisa

Date of Birth: 9 Aug 1984

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: BUENOS AIRES

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : BUENOS AIRES

Residence Country:

Argentina

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	Skeet Women	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Skeet Women's Qualification - Day 1	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Skeet Women's Qualification - Day 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Skeet
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8

World Championships

Year	Location	Skeet	Skeet - Team X
2018	Changwon, KOR	31	-
2017	Moscow, RUS	20	26
2015	Lonato, ITA	52	-
2014	Granada, ESP	20	-
2013	Lima, PER	33	-
2011	Belgrade, SRB	31	-
2010	Munich, GER	32	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Skeet
2019	Lima, PER	4

Championships of the Americas

Year	Location	Skeet
2018	Guadalajara, MEX	5

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Skeet	Skeet - Team
2021	1 x 31st	1 x 14th
2020	1 x 37th	-
2019	1 x 7th, 1 x 12th, 1 x 24th	-
2018	1 x 6th, 1 x 23rd	-
2017	1 x 12th, 1 x 27th	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
6	2018	Skeet	Guadalajara, MEX
7	2019	Skeet	Lahti, FIN
12	2019	Skeet	Al Ain, UAE
12	2017	Skeet	New Delhi, IND
14	2021	Mixed Skeet - Team	Cairo, EGY
23	2018	Skeet	Tucson, AZ, USA
24	2019	Skeet	Acapulco, MEX
27	2017	Skeet	Larnaca, CYP
31	2021	Skeet	Cairo, EGY
36	2019	Skeet	Changwon, KOR

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Meli (Facebook page, 15 Jan 2020)

Watching films, visiting theme parks. (Facebook page, 15 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Husband Jimmy Valdes

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Horacio Gil [father], ARG

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Federico and her father Horacio have both represented Argentina in skeet shooting. Federico finished 27th at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, while Horacio won bronze in the team event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Jan 2020; objetivoolimpico.ar, 14 Jan 2016)

She took up the sport in 1998 in Avellaneda, Argentina, and began competing in 2000. (lanacion.com.ar, 12 Aug 2016; issf-sports.org, 01 Jan 2019)

Her father introduced her and her brother to the sport at their grandfather's armoury shop in Avellaneda, Argentina. (lanacion.com.ar, 12 Aug 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 13 Jan 2020)

Argentinian Formula One driver Juan Manuel Fangio. (diarioelargentino.com.ar, 19 Jul 2015)

In 2016 she received the Silver Olimpia award as the Best Shooter of the Year in Argentina. (sabermassantafe.com, 01 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She and her brother Federico both work for her mother's law firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (La Licuadora Deportiva YouTube channel, 28 Sep 2015; estudiogilperez.com, 09 Oct 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She and her partner Jimmy Valdes run a travel services agency specialising in tours to theme parks in the United States of America. They also run a YouTube channel named 'Orejas Viajeras' [Travelling Ears], where they give advice and information about the parks. "For us it all started with a pair of ears that we bought at Disneyland, and there began our great desire and dream of being able to enjoy this wonderful world and share it with you." (orejasviajeras.blog, 04 Dec 2019; Facebook page, 15 Jan 2020; Instagram page, 07 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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