Count Clary (born Justinien Charles Xavier Bretonneau; 20 April 1860 – 13 June 1933) was a French

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 late 19th century and early 20th century in

trap shooting Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. Trap shooting is distinguished by the targets being launched from a single "house" or machine, ...

. 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 the

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in the trap competition. Fellow Frenchmen

Roger de Barbarin Émile Roger Thomas de Barbarin (4 June 1860 – 4 March 1925) was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won ...

and Rene Guyot won gold and silver respectively. He was born and died in Paris.

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* 1860 births 1933 deaths French male sport shooters Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic shooters for France Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sport shooters from Paris Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics French International Olympic Committee members {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub