Casimir Reuterskiöld (14 September 1883 – 25 December 1953) was a
Swedish
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sport shooter
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who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
.
He won a silver medal in the team free pistol competition and finished eighth
individually.
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Reuterskiöld was a career military officer. At the time of the 1920 Olympics he held a rank of captain and was one of the most experienced shooters in the Swedish pistol team, having won two bronze medals at the 1913 World Championships. He retired from the service as a major.][
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1883 births
1953 deaths
Swedish male sport shooters
ISSF pistol shooters
Olympic shooters of Sweden
Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
19th-century Swedish nobility
20th-century Swedish people
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