José Antonio Colado

{{short description|Spanish sports shooter}}

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| name = José Antonio Colado

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| fullname = José Antonio Colado Castro

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Seville, Spain

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| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)

| club = Club Precisión Triana

| coach = Cezary Staniszewski

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José Antonio Colado Castro{{family name footnote|lang=Spanish|Colado|Castro}} (born 30 October 1976 in Seville) is a retired Spanish sport shooter.{{cite Sports-Reference|title=José Antonio Colado|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/jose-antonio-colado-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/jose-antonio-colado-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=23 August 2015}} He has been selected to compete for Spain in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained top 8 finishes in a major international competition, spanning the Mediterranean Games and the ISSF World Cup series.{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – José Antonio Colado|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHESPM3010197601|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=18 October 2014}} Colado also trains under head coach Cezary Staniszewski for twelve years as a full-fledged member of the Spanish pistol shooting team.{{cite news|url=http://www.tirolimpico.org/apps/displayFile/es/RFEDETO/public/pages/noticiarios/Noticiario+principal.cms_news_xhtml/Jos%C3%A9+Antonio+Colado,+nuevo+Director+T%C3%A9cnico+Deportivo.cms_news_post_xhtml|title=José Antonio Colado, nuevo Director Técnico Deportivo|trans-title=José Antonio Colado, new sports technical director|language=es|publisher=Real Federación Española de Tiro Olímpico|date=3 February 2015|accessdate=15 July 2015}}

Colado qualified for the Spanish team in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 578 to gain an Olympic quota place for Spain in the air pistol, following his outside-final finish at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden one year earlier.{{cite news|first=Reyes|last=Rincón|title=Conquistar Atenas a punta de pistola|trans-title=Pistol shooter earned a place for Athens|language=es|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2004/08/06/andalucia/1091744534_850215.html|publisher=El País|date=6 August 2004|accessdate=23 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification |url=http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |publisher=Majority Sports |page=10 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722132244/http://www.majority-sport.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/msp/pages/docs/OQ04/Shooting_OQ_v2.pdf |archivedate=22 July 2015 }} In the 10 m air pistol, held on the first day of the Games, Colado shot a total of 572 to force a two-way tie with host nation Greece's Dionissios Georgakopoulos for a lowly thirty-third place, slashing six points off from his entry standard.{{cite web|title=Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532224.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=Lorenzo y Colado, en pistola aire|trans-title=Lorenzo and Colado compete in air pistol|language=es|url=http://masdeporte.as.com/masdeporte/2004/08/14/polideportivo/1092521107_850215.html|publisher=Diario AS|date=14 August 2004|accessdate=23 August 2015}} Three days later, in the 50 m pistol, Colado put up another dismal display from his air pistol feat to end up in a thirty-fourth place tie with Cuba's Norbelis Bárzaga at 542, trailing his fellow marksman Isidro Lorenzo by a wide, twenty-point gap.{{cite web|title=Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Prelims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/results/3532230.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=Diploma olímpico en tiro|trans-title=Olympic award in shooting|language=es|url=http://espanol.eurosport.com/tiro/atenas/2004/diploma-olimpico-en-tiro_sto626991/story.shtml|publisher=Eurosport|date=17 August 2004|accessdate=23 August 2015}}

In early 2015, Colado served full-time as the sports technical director of the pistol team for the Royal Spanish Olympic Shooting Federation ({{langx|es|Real Federación Española de Tiro Olímpico}}), just eleven years since his immediate Olympic debut.