Allan Briggs

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Allan Briggs
medal table

Sport shooting

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Olympic Summer Games
gold Stockholm 1912 Army rifle 4 distances (M)

Allan Lindsay Briggs (born February 14, 1873 in Bridgeport , † November 12, 1951 in Vineyard Haven ) was an American marksman .

successes

Allan Briggs participated in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm in four disciplines. In the three-position battle with the army rifle, he did not get beyond the 25th place. In the competition with the army rifle over 600 m in any position, however, he narrowly missed the podium as fourth. He finished the individual competition with the free rifle in the three-position fight in 35th place. He finally secured a gold medal in the team competition with the army rifle. The US team, which in addition to Briggs also included Harry Adams , John Jackson , Cornelius Burdette , Carl Osburn and Warren Sprout , finished the competition with 1687 points ahead of the British and Swedish teams and thus became Olympic champions . Briggs was the team's second best shooter with 283 points.

Briggs was a captain in the US Army at the time of the Olympic Games .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, Three Positions, 300 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, Any Position, 600 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, 200, 400, 500 and 600 meters, Team. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Briggs, Allan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Briggs, Allan Lindsay (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American marksman
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Bridgeport , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1951
Place of death Vineyard Haven , United States