After a 40-Year Wait, a Trap Shooter Returns to the Olympics

NY Times | November 3, 2023

Leonel Martínez, a trap shooter from Venezuela, left the Summer Games in 1984 without making the podium. At 60, he’s again vying for a medal.

Leonel Martínez qualified for Venezuela’s Olympic team last week. He will return to the Games next year in Paris, after a 40-year Olympic drought.

Nov. 3, 2023, 7:00 a.m. ET

In 1984, Leonel Martínez of Venezuela competed in the trap shooting event at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. He finished tied for 41st.

But he was only 20 years old at the time.