Alexander Elsdon Maunder (3 February 1861 – 2 February 1932) was a British

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...

who 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 ...

and the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. In the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in team trap shooting and a bronze medal in individual trap shooting. Four years later, he won a silver medal in the team clay pigeons event and was 45th in the trap event.

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External links

Alexander Maunder's profile at databaseOlympics
* 1861 births 1932 deaths British male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for Great Britain Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics English Olympic competitors Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub