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Shooting At The 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many Shooting sports, shooting events were featured within the concurrent Exposition Universelle (1900), 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by International Olympic Committee, IOC. Before July 2021 the International Olympic Committee has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. The competitions were held from 3 August to 5 August and took place at the military sporting complex in Satory and at Boulogne-Billancourt. According to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, one of these nine shooting events (20 metre military pistol) was an event for professionals with prize money and therefore does not meet inclusion criteria for 1900 Olympic Games events. Medal summary Event that currently is not considered as "Olympic" by International Olympic Committee, IOC. Excluded events Competitors in these events had to kill as many live pigeons as possible. Birds were released one at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satory
Satory is an area south of Versailles (city), Versailles in France. It is mostly known for its military camp, housing: * Weapon-testing facilities of Nexter Systems * Barracks and facilities for French Gendarmerie, Gendarmerie including the Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale, GIGN headquarters and the Mobile Gendarmerie armored grouping (GBGM) * Musique des Troupes de Marine * Military barracks The area hosted some of the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics, shooting events for the 1900 Summer Olympics. p. 16. Retrieved 14 November 2010. The camp was also the original site for the Eurosatory international defense (military), defense trade fair, exhibition. References Venues of the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic shooting ve ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Moreaux
Léon Ernest Moreaux (10 March 1852 in Féron – 11 November 1921 in Rennes) was a French Shooting sports, sports shooter and Summer Olympic Games, Olympian who competed in pistol and rifle shooting in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Having taken up the sport of shooting earlier in the 19th century, at the age of 38 he prepared himself for competition in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 Olympic Games, which were held in Paris in his home country. He participated in shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the 25 metre firearm and in the Military Revolver Teams 50m for France and won another silver medal. He also competed in a number of other shooting competitions including the Free Rifle standing and kneeling competitions, where he finished 17th place in each, and in the Free Rifle (prone) competition where he narrowly missed the bronze medal, finishing fourth. He also competed in the Free Pistol event where he finished in 7th place, and in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Böckli
Franz Böckli (March 15, 1858 – February 14, 1937) was a Swiss sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and earned a gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ... with the Military rifle team for Switzerland. References External links * Swiss male sport shooters Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic shooters for Switzerland Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics 1858 births 1937 deaths Place of birth missing Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of death missing {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Van Asbroeck
Paul Van Asbroeck (1 May 1874 – 20 April 1959) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle and pistol shooting. He competed at the 1900 Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal in the military rifle 3 positions category. However the medal was tied with Norwegian Ole Ostmo. In the 1908 Olympics in London he won the Free pistol event and took silver in the team event. He also won the individual World Championships in that event in 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, and 1914. He also competed in the 1920, 1924, and 1936 Olympic Games, for a total of five Olympic appearances. The document 'Five Or More Appearances in the Olympics, 1992 Revision' by the Olympic historians Lennart Dahllöf, Wolf Lyberg, and Dr Bill Mallon claims that Van Asbroeck appeared in six Olympic Games, citing '1906-08, 20-28, 36', but this appears to be in error. Presumably the 1906 is a typo for 1900, since he did compete in 1906. The 1906 Intercalated Games The 1906 Interc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Peter Nielsen
Anders Peter Nielsen (25 May 1867 – 16 April 1950) was a Danish sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many Shooting sports, shooting events were featured within the concurrent Exposition Universelle (1900), 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by Internatio ... in Paris and won three silver medals in the military rifle in the kneeling, prone, and 3 positions categories. Twenty years later he won the gold medal as part of the Danish shooting team in the 300 m military rifle, standing team competition. References External links * dataOlympics profile 1867 births 1950 deaths Danish male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for Denmark Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Shoot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Kellenberger
Emil Kellenberger (3 April 1864 in Walzenhausen, Switzerland – 20 November 1943 in Walzenhausen) was a Swiss sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won three Olympic medals, two gold medals in the Military Rifle 3 positions and team categories and a silver medal in the Military Rifle (kneeling). However his silver medal was tied with the Danish shooter Anders Peter Nielsen Anders Peter Nielsen (25 May 1867 – 16 April 1950) was a Danish sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympic .... References External links * 1864 births 1943 deaths Swiss male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic shooters for Switzerland Shooters at the 1900 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Paumier
Charles Paumier du Vergier (born 11 March 1874) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal in the military rifle standing event. He also competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ..., winning a silver medal in the team 50 yard free pistol event. References External links * 1874 births Year of death missing Belgian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic shooters for Belgium Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Østmo
Ole Østmo (13 September 1866 – 11 September 1923) was a Norwegian sharpshooting champion who competed in top rifle shooting sports events during late 19th century and early 20th century. Biography Born in Elverum, Østmo moved to Oslo in his early twenties and became a member of the Christiania Skytterlag Club in Oslo. Østmo won a number of medals, including one gold, at the first World Shooting Championships held in Lyon in 1897. The gold medal was in the standing shooting event, which gave him the momentum in the combination to also take a silver behind Frank Jullien of Switzerland. Additionally, the Norwegian team won a silver. Three years later Ole Østmo returned to France to participate in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris where he won four Olympic medals—two silver and two bronze. The silver medals were awarded in the standing 300 metre free rifle he missed out on first place by six points to Lars Jørgen Madsen from Denmark, and in the team 300 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Jørgen Madsen
Lars Jørgen Madsen (19 July 1871 – 1 April 1925) was a Danish shooting sports, sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a gold medal in the Military Rifle standing. Twenty years later, he won another gold, in the Military Rifle Team event. He was one of only three Danish competitors to win five Olympic medals. He also competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908, 1912 Summer Olympics, 1912 and 1924 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1871 births 1925 deaths Danish male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic shooters for Denmark Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Sweijs
Anthony Ahasuerus Hendrik Sweijs (18 July 1852 in Amsterdam – 30 September 1937 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in pistol shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ... with the Dutch pistol team. References External links * 1852 births 1937 deaths Dutch male sport shooters Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in shooting Olympic shooters for the Netherlands Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amsterdam Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Sillem
Hendrik "Henrik" Sillem (12 August 1866 in Amsterdam – 13 July 1907 in Courmayeur, Italy) was a Dutch jurist, mountaineer and shooting sports, sport shooter. Personal life and education Henrik Sillem was the son of Johann Gottlieb Sillem, banker with Hope & Co. bankers, Amsterdam. His mother was Jonkheer, Jkvr. Judith Catharina Henriette Hoeufft. Henrik Sillem studied law at the University of Amsterdam. He graduated as Doctor of Law on 8 May 1891, with a thesis 'Het faillissement des verzekeraars' (Bankruptcy of insurance companies)' published by Roeloffzen en Hubner, Amsterdam in 1891.Academisch proefschrift 'Het faillissement des verzekeraars', uitgave Roeloffzen & Hubner, Amsterdam, 1891. Herdruk: Kessinger Publishing, LaVergne, Tennessee, USA, 2010 On 28 May 1891 he married in Arnhem jkvr. Susanna Catharina Beatrix des Tombe (born 24 February 1869, Arnhem - died 6 November 1948) the daughter of jonkheer François Joan Adriaan des Tombe and Beatrix Cruys. The coup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Boest Gips
Dirk Boest Gips (30 July 1864 – 11 November 1920) was a Dutch sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in pistol shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal with the Dutch pistol team, scoring the most points for his team. He was born in Dordrecht and died in The Hague. For a long time his real name wasn't known. The official protocol listed him as van Haan and almost all the sources referenced him as Gerardus van Haan or Gerardus van Loon. For about 40 years, Dutch Olympic historian Anthony Bijkerk had searched the name of the 'missing shooter' (as he himself named van Haan) until in the January 2000 he published an article in the ''Journal of Olympic History The International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 with the purpose of promoting and studying the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games. The majority of recent books on the Olympic Games have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
