Charles Paumier du Vergier (born 11 March 1874) was a Belgian
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 in the early 20th century in
rifle
A rifle is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a gun barrel, barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus o ...
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 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 ...
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.
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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 Olympics
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Place of death missing
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