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Accokeek, MD (March 8, 2023) Beretta is pleased to announce that Team Beretta athletes have had a strong performance during the start of the 2023 competition season. In particular, JJ Racaza, a member of the Beretta pistol team, has brought home multiple first-place wins in recent matches since the start of the year.
In January, Racaza brought home a first-place finish for the Open Class division at the 2023 Pan American Extreme Open held at Volusia County Shooting Club in New Smyrna Beach, FL. A couple of weeks later, Racaza achieved another first-place win in the Production Optics division at the 2023 Carribean Open match in Puerto Rico.
Racaza was crowned a World Champion last year during the 2022 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XIX in Pattaya, Thailand, for the Production Optics division.
"The World Championship win has given me a huge momentum to kick off this new year, as well as some additional pressure to keep the streak going. I am fortunate to shoot products from the Beretta platform that I know I can rely on during these high-stress competitions,” Simon “JJ” Racaza, Team Beretta athlete, said.
Racaza competes with a stock version, with no customizations, of the new Beretta 92X Performance Carry Optic - the most recent evolution of the 92X Performance family. The 92X Performance family was designed in collaboration with the world's highest-level competitive shooters to have out-of-the-box optimized performance and consistency. The new 92X Performance Carry Optic model retains the same ergonomics and features of the popular 92X Performance platform with a red dot optic-ready slide, included optic plates, and improved trigger performance.
Compliant with the USPSA (United States Pistol Shooting Association) Carry Optic division regulations, the 92X Performance Carry Optic provides an uncompromising performance aimed at earning you a spot at the top of the podium with power, speed, and accuracy.
Racaza continues his shooting season at the upcoming Team Motley’s Dragons Cup 3.0 held at Laser Ninja Dragon League in Odessa, TX, from April 21-23, 2023.
Team Beretta, founded in the early 1980s, is a team of professional shooters of various ages and experiences that compete as Brand Ambassadors for Beretta USA in the fields of trap, skeet, sporting clay, pistol, 3-gun, and precision long-range competitive shooting. Since 1977, Beretta has led the way in all forms of competitive shooting sports and continues to strive for excellence. During the 2016 Olympic Games, Team Beretta shooters took ten out of the possible fifteen podiums in trap, double trap, and skeet shooting events. Team Beretta competes not only at the highest professional levels as well as national and regional competitions, but our shooters also mentor and train future competitors. Team Beretta athletes brought home five out of the six possible medals in the men's and women's skeet events at the recent 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, with one gold (Vincent Hancock), two silvers (Diana Bacosi and Jesper Hansen), and two bronzes (Wei Meng and Abdullah Al-Rashidi).
Beretta, established in 1526, is the longest-standing industrial dynasty in the world, tracing its roots through 15 generations of continuous family ownership. Firearms bearing the Beretta name have been sold for almost 500 years. Beretta USA Corp. was founded in 1977 and provided the most widely deployed sidearm throughout the U.S. Armed Forces. Today, Beretta manufactures, distributes, and markets a complete line of firearms, accessories, and apparel. Beretta also owns and operates six retail Beretta Gallery stores worldwide. For additional information, visit www.Beretta.com.
Christina Morgal
301-283-2191 ext. 1278
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