Charles Nix

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Charles Nix
medal table

Sport shooting

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Olympic games
silver London 1908 Serial Deer, single shot (M)

Charles George Ashburner Nix (born August 25, 1873 in Crawley , † March 3, 1956 there ) was a British marksman .

successes

Charles Nix took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London in part in three competitions. In the individual competition of the running stag he finished tenth in a single shot with 19 points, while he reached eleventh place in a double shot with 22 points. In the team competition only two teams competed with Sweden and Great Britain. The Swedish team prevailed just under 86 to 85 against the British team, so Nix as well as his teammates William Lane-Joynt , William Ellicott and Thomas Rankenwon the silver medal. Nix was not only the best shooter of the British team with 27 points, but also the best shooter of the entire competition.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  2. ^ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Double Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot, Team. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .