Simon Racaza

{{short description|Filipino-American sport shooter (born 1980)}}

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| name = Simon "J.J." Racaza

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|16 April 1980}}

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| employer = United States Department of Homeland Security

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| national_team = {{USA}}

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| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport |IPSC}}

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{{MedalCompetition|IPSC Handgun World Shoot}}

{{Medal|Silver|2011 Rhodes | Open}}

{{Medal|Silver|2014 Frostproof | Production}}

{{Medal|Silver|2017 Châteauroux | Open}}

{{Medal|Gold|2022 Pattaya | Production Optics}}

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Simon "J.J." Racaza (born April 16, 1980, in Cebu City, Philippines) is a Filipino-American sport shooter who took silver in the Open division at the 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot and silver in the Production division at the 2014 Handgun World Shoot. He was also the number one qualifier of the US Gold Team for the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships.{{cite web | url=http://jjracaza.com/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206082422/http://jjracaza.com/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 6, 2010 | title=jj Racaza.com | accessdate=June 12, 2011 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.history.com/shows/top-shot/bios/simon-jj-racaza | title=Meet the Marksmen - Simon "J.J." Racaza | publisher=The History Channel | accessdate=June 13, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002162723/http://www.history.com/shows/top-shot/bios/simon-jj-racaza | archivedate=October 2, 2012 }} In 2010, Racaza competed in season one of History Channel's Top Shot marksmanship competition, finishing in third place.

Racaza graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in Business Management Information Systems. He currently works as an agent for the Department of Homeland Security. He is also a double Grand Master in the USPSA. Racaza is part of Team Limcat, a team of professional competitive shooters sponsored by the company of the same name.[http://www.limcat.com/team-limcat/ Team Limcat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303155528/http://www.limcat.com/team-limcat/ |date=2012-03-03 }} on Limcat Limcat even designed a gun specifically for Racaza, called the Razorcat Racing Gun.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110312172913/http://jjracaza.com/latest-news/the-razorcat/ The Razorcat] on JJRacaza.com

During one episode of the second season of the show, Racaza appeared with Blake Miguez as trainers for one of the challenges.

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