FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019   ■   COMPETITION

Rhode Wins Third Consecutive Pan American Gold Medal

(Accokeek, MD) Team Beretta shooter, Kimberly Rhode, recently topped the podium in the Women’s Skeet competition at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. This golden performance marks her third consecutive Pan American gold medal (fourth Pan American gold overall) and her fifth Pan American medal overall.

Rhode, who shoots with a standard Beretta DT11, started the competition with an exceptional performance to end the qualification event in first place with a score of 119 out of 125 targets, setting a new Pan American qualification record.

In the final round, Rhode once again outperformed her competition and topped the podium as the gold medal winner with a score of 55 out of 60 targets, which set a new Pan American record for this event.

Team Beretta shooters will continue their season at this week’s 2019 World English Sporting Championship at Northbrook Shooting Club in Hainesville, IL.

About Team Beretta:

Team Beretta, founded in the early 1980s, is a team of professional shooters of various ages and experience that compete as Brand Ambassadors for Beretta USA in the fields of trap, skeet, sporting clay, pistol, 3-gun, and precision long range competitive shooting. Since 1977, Beretta has led the way in all forms of competitive shooting sports and continues to strive for excellence. During the 2016 Olympic Games, Team Beretta shooters took ten out of the possible fifteen podiums in trap, double trap, and skeet shooting events. Team Beretta shooters not only compete at the highest professional levels as well as at national and regional competitions, but they also mentor and train future competitors.

USA Contact:

Kimberlee Eveland

KEveland@BerettaUSA.com

301-283-2191 ext. 1384

Beretta, established in 1526, is the oldest industrial dynasty in the world tracing its roots through 15 generations of continuous family ownership. Firearms bearing the Beretta name have been sold for almost 500 years. Beretta USA Corp. was founded in 1977 and supplies the standard sidearm to the U.S. Armed Forces. Today, Beretta manufactures, distributes, and markets a complete line of firearms, accessories, and apparel. Beretta also owns and operates six retail Beretta Gallery stores worldwide. For additional information, visit www.Beretta.com.