Cornelius Burdette

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Sport shooting

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

Cornelius Lonzo Burdette (born November 6, 1878 in Sandstone , † April 30, 1955 in Charleston ) was an American sports marksman .

successes

Cornelius Burdette took part 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 52nd place, in the competition over 600 m in any position he was eighth. He finished the individual competition with the free rifle in the three-position fight in 21st place. He finally secured a gold medal in the team competition with the army rifle. The US team, which in addition to Burdette also included Harry Adams , John Jackson , Allan Briggs , Carl Osburn and Warren Sprout , finished the competition with 1,687 points ahead of the British and Swedish teams and thus became Olympic champions . Burdette was the team's best shooter with 288 points.

Burdette was a member of the West Virginia National Guard at the time of the Olympics . In 1937 he retired as a major from active service in the US Army . In 1953 he received the Army Distinguished Service Medal .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, Three Positions, 300 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Accessed January 27, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Shooting at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, Any Position, 600 meters. In: sports-reference.com. Accessed January 27, 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. Accessed January 27, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Burdette, Cornelius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burdette, Cornelius Lonzo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American marksman
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandstone , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1955
Place of death Charleston , United States