Olegario Farrés

{{Short description|Paraguayan sports shooter (1934–2022)}}

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| name = Olegario Farrés

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| nationality = Paraguayan

| sport = Sports shooting

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|8|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|7|1934|8|13|df=yes}}

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Olegario Farrés Mongelós (13 August 1934 – 7 March 2022) was a Paraguayan sports shooter. He competed in the mixed trap event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/olegario-farres-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003940/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/olegario-farres-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Olegario Farrés Olympic Results |accessdate=17 February 2020}} Farrés died on 7 March 2022, at the age of 87.{{cite web |title=Olegario Farrés |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/43605 |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 October 2024}} He was considered one of the pioneers of shooting in Paraguay, and a tournament was named in his honor after his death.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ultimahora.com/farres-fue-segunda-brasil-n3038560|newspaper=Última Hora|language=Spanish|title=Farrés fue segunda en Brasil|date=12 December 2022|trans-title=Farrés was second in Brazil}}

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