Irving Calkins
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| Born | Irving Romaro Calkins October 31, 1875 Palmer, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | August 26, 1958 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
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Irving Romaro Calkins (October 31, 1875 – August 26, 1958) was an American physician and sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Irving Calkins was born in Palmer, Massachusetts on October 31, 1875.[2]
He studied at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Vermont, and earned a medical degree from Baltimore Medical College in 1896.[2]
At the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in the team pistol event. He finished in eighth place in the individual pistol event. He became world champion in 1923.[3]
He died in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 26, 1958.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sports Reference: Irving Calkins". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- 1 2 Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical – Genealogical. American Historical Society. 1916. pp. 297–299. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Irving Calkins". Olympedia. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ↑ Written at Springfield, Massachusetts. "Famed Hobbyist Dies". The Recorder. Greenfield, Massachusetts. AP. August 27, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved February 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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