Eugène Balme
Appearance
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Born | Oullins, France | 22 November 1874|||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 February 1914 Paris, France | (aged 39)|||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sport shooting | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eugène Jean François Balme (22 November 1874 – 24 February 1914) was a French sport shooter who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1900 at Paris he won the bronze medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event. Eight years later at London he won another bronze medal in the team free rifle event and was fourth in team military rifle event.[2]
He was born in Oullins and died in Paris. He committed suicide by shooting himself.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eugène Balme". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Eugène Balme". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Eugène Balme at Olympics.com
- Eugčne Balme at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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- 1874 births
- 1914 suicides
- 1914 deaths
- French male sport shooters
- ISSF pistol shooters
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic shooters for France
- Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Suicides by firearm in France
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- People from Oullins
- Sportspeople from Lyon Metropolis
- French Olympic medalist stubs
- French sport shooting biography stubs