Emil Kellenberger (3 April 1864 in

Walzenhausen Walzenhausen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. History The farm ''Walzenhausen'' was mentioned first in 1320. The church was built in 1638 in as little as nine months. This was the establishment of Walzenha ...

, Switzerland – 20 November 1943 in Walzenhausen) was a Swiss

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

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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 ...

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and won three

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s, 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 ...

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* 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 Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Appenzell Ausserrhoden {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub