Olegario Farrés

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameOlegario•Farrés Mongelós
Used nameOlegario•Farrés
Born13 August 1934 in Asunción, Asunción (PAR)
Died7 March 2022
NOC Paraguay

Biography

Olegario Farrés was a pioneer in Paraguayan sports shooting who competed in the trap. Farrés and his son Osvaldo both competed in the trap event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics where the father-son duo finished in 67th and 68th places, respectively. Farrés competed at the World Cup in Venezuela in 1987 and Bello Horizonte in 1988, as well as the Pan American Games in 1995. After his death in March 2022 a trap shooting tournament in Guarapuava, Brazil, was contested as a tribute to him.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Shooting PAR Olegario Farrés
Trap, Open (Olympic) 67

Olympic family relations