David Pasqualucci

{{Short description|Italian archer (born 1996)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

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| name = David Pasqualucci

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| fullname = David Pasqualucci

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| country = {{ITA}}

| sport = Archery

| event = Recurve

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| club = Arcieri del Tempio di Diana

| coach = Wietse van Alten (national)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Frascati, Italy

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| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's archery}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Mexico | Team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Copenhagen | Team }}

{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Minsk|Team}}

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| updated = 24 October 2017

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David Pasqualucci (born 27 June 1996) is an Italian competitive archer.{{cite news|title=David Pasqualucci|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/david-pasqualucci|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=21 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115143/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/david-pasqualucci|archive-date=26 August 2016}} He won a silver medal in the men's team recurve at the 2015 World Championships, and also competed as a member of Italy's archery squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=Korea beats Olympic Champs to men's team gold|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/126061/korea-beats-olympic-champs-mens-team-gold|publisher=World Archery|date=2 August 2015|accessdate=21 February 2017}} He currently trains under the tutelage of his coaches Fabio Pivari and Wietse van Alten, a Sydney 2000 Olympian from the Netherlands, for the Italian team, while shooting at the Tempio di Diana Archery Range ({{langx|it|Arcieri del Tempio di Diana}}) in Rome.{{cite news|title=David Pasqualucci|url=http://www.rio2016.coni.it/en/home-english/italia-team/the-team/scheda_atleta/116-DAVID_PASQUALUCCI.html|publisher=Italian Olympic Committee|accessdate=21 February 2017}}

Pasqualucci rose to prominence in the international archery scene at the 2015 World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. There, he and his compatriots Michele Frangilli and Mauro Nespoli, both of whom came as reigning Olympic champions from London 2012, capture a silver medal in the men's team recurve to secure a full quota spot for Rio 2016, despite losing the title 0–6 to the South Koreans.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Pasqualucci was selected to compete for the Italian archery squad, shooting in both individual and team tournaments.{{cite news|title=Svelati i sei arcieri azzurri che punteranno al bersaglio olimpico|trans-title=Six Italian archers, who will aim their Olympic target, unveiled|language=it|url=http://www.coni.it/it/news/primo-piano/12059-svelati-i-sei-arcieri-azzurri-che-punteranno-al-bersaglio-olimpico.html|publisher=Italian Olympic Committee|date=6 July 2016|accessdate=6 July 2016}} First, Pasqualucci managed to score 685 points out of a maximum 720 to lead the Italian trio for the third seed heading to the knockout stage, along with his team's score of 2,007 collected from the classification round.{{cite news|title=Archery: Kim throws down gauntlet with world record|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-archery-record-idUSKCN10G1KS|agency=Reuters|date=6 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}}{{cite news|title=Olimpiadi di Rio 2016: la freccia di Pasqualucci è la più spregiudicata: gli arcieri azzurri partono bene|trans-title=2016 Rio Olympics: Pasqualacci leads the Italian archers with the most outrageous target|language=it|url=http://www.corriere.it/sport/olimpiadi-2016-rio/notizie/freccia-pasqualucci-piu-spregiudicata-arcieri-partono-bene-b4b81d84-5b53-11e6-bfed-33aa6b5e1635.shtml?refresh_ce-cp|publisher=Corriere dello Sport|date=6 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}} Looking forward to defend the men's team recurve title for Italy, Pasqualacci and his compatriots Nespoli and Marco Galiazzo received a bye for the quarterfinals as a third-seeded team, but suffered an untimely defeat to China in a 0–6 upset.{{cite news|title=7 takeaways: Rio 2016 men's team finals|url=https://worldarchery.org/news/142444/7-takeaways-rio-2016-mens-team-finals|publisher=World Archery|date=6 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}}{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Team Quarterfinals|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-team-quarterfinal-ar-3|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101629/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-team-quarterfinal-ar-3|archive-date=26 August 2016}} Rebounding from his Italian team's quarterfinal exit, Pasqualacci quickly dispatched Malawi's Areneo David in straight sets to book the round two spot in the men's individual recurve, before he bowed out to the Spaniard Antonio Fernández at 2–6.{{cite news|title=Archery: Men's Individual Round of 32|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-16-eliminations-ar-9|publisher=Rio 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101909/https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-mens-individual-1-16-eliminations-ar-9|archive-date=26 August 2016}}{{cite news|title=Tiro con l'arco: Pasqualucci eliminato ai sedicesimi di finale|trans-title=Archery: Pasqualucci eliminated in the second round of the knockouts|language=it|url=http://www.gazzettadiparma.it/news/olimpiadi/371748/tiro-con-l-arco--pasqualucci-eliminato-ai-sedicesimi-di-finale.html|publisher=Gazzetta di Parma|date=10 August 2016|accessdate=18 February 2017}}