Irving Romaro Calkins (October 31, 1875 – August 26, 1958) was an American

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 s ...

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 sport, international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. Th ...

. At the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team pistol event and finished in eighth place in the individual pistol event. He became world champion in 1923.

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Irving Calkins' profile at databaseOlympics
1875 births 1958 deaths American male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting People from Palmer, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Hampden County, Massachusetts Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 19th-century American people 20th-century American people {{US-sportshooting-Olympic-medalist-stub