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Raoul Marie Joseph Count de Boigne (25 December 1862 – 19 May 1949) was a French
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who competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games, the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in
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, Switzerland and died in Ouveillan,
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. ;1906 Athens At the
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1906 in
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he won a silver medal and two bronze medals. In the 1906 Intercalated Games he also participated in the following events: * free rifle, free position – seventh place *
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– ninth place * trap, single shot – tenth place * trap, double shot – tenth place * 200 m army rifle – eleventh place * 20 m duelling pistol – eleventh place * 25 m army pistol (standard model) – twelfth place * 30 m duelling pistol – 18th place *
25 m rapid fire pistol 25 meter rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is shot with .22 LR pistols. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after whic ...
– 23rd place ;1908 London In the 1908 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the team free rifle event, was fourth in the team military rifle event and was 19th in the individual 1000 yard free rifle event. ;1912 Stockholm Four years later he was fourth in the team free rifle event, fifth in the team military rifle event, 50th in the individual 600 m free rifle event, 53rd in the individual 300 m free rifle, three positions event and 58th in the individual 300 m military rifle, three positions event.


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* 1862 births 1949 deaths French male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters of France Shooters at the 1906 Intercalated Games Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Trap and double trap shooters Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Geneva {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub