Carl Osburn

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Carl Osburn
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Full name Carl Townsend Osburn
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday November 5, 1884
place of birth Jacksontown, Ohio,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
size 180 cm
date of death December 28, 1966
Place of death St. Helena, California,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Career
discipline Marksman
Medal table
Olympic games 5 × gold 4 × silver 2 × bronze
Medals

Carl Townsend Osburn (born November 5, 1884 in Jacksontown , Ohio , † December 28, 1966 in St. Helena , California ) was one of the most successful American shooters . The officer in the US armed forces took part in the Olympic Games in Stockholm (1912), Antwerp (1920) and Paris (1924).

Sporting successes

In total, Osburn won five gold , four silver and two bronze medals at the Olympic Games (a total of eleven medals). This makes him 28th in the all-time best list of the Olympic Games and the fifth most successful athlete from the USA. He also won eight world championships with the team.

Olympic successes

1912

  • Gold army rifle crew
  • Silver army rifle
  • Silver army rifle 300m single
  • Bronze small bore rifle 50m crew

1920

  • Gold free rifle 300m team
  • Gold free rifle lying 300m team
  • Gold army rifle standing 300m
  • Gold army rifle lying down crew
  • Silver Army rifle standing 300m team
  • Bronze running stag team

1924

  • Silver free rifle

World championships

  • 1921 free rifle 300 m crew
  • 1922 free rifle 300 m crew
  • 1923 free rifle 300 m team, free rifle prone 300 m team, army rifle standing 300 m team
  • 1924 free rifle 300 m team, free rifle prone 300 m team, army rifle standing 300 m team

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "The great Olympia Lexicon", Sport-Bild from June 19, 1996, p. 44
  2. ↑ biography at www.history.navy.mil (English), accessed on October 8, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Osburn, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osburn, Carl Townsend (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American shooter
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Jacksontown , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1966
Place of death St. Helena , California