Eugène Balme
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | Paris 1900 | Ordinance revolver 20 m |
| bronze | London 1908 | FG three position fight 300 m (M) |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | Brussels 1905 | Lying free rifle |
| bronze | Brussels 1905 | Free rifle three position (M) |
| gold | Milan 1906 | Free rifle three-position |
| gold | Milan 1906 | Lying free rifle |
| silver | Milan 1906 | Free rifle three position (M) |
| silver | Zurich 1907 | Lying free rifle |
| bronze | Zurich 1907 | Free rifle three position (M) |
| silver | Camp Perry 1913 | Free rifle three position (M) |
Eugène Jean François Balme (born November 22, 1874 in Oullins , † February 24, 1914 in Paris ) was a French sports shooter .
successes
Eugène Balme took part in the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 and in London in 1908 . In 1900 he competed with the orderly revolver at 20 m, which the IOC assigns to today's rapid-fire pistol category . A total of six shooters competed in this competition, in which six shots were fired. While Maurice Larrouy was the only one to score 58 points, all other shooters got 57 points. It is not clear how the distribution of places two to six came about; the results lists Léon Moreaux as silver and Eugène Balme as bronze. In 1908 Balme was active in two team disciplines. In the three-position fight with the free rifle, he won the bronze medal with Léon Johnson , André Parmentier , Albert Courquin , Maurice Lecoq and Raoul de Boigne behind Norway and Sweden, while in the team competition with the army rifle he missed another medal win in fourth.
With the free rifle he won a total of eight medals at world championships . For example, in 1906 in Milan he became world champion in the individual competitions in the prone position and in the three-position fight.
Balme worked as an engineer at the Thomson-Houston Electric Company . He suffered from neurasthenia and shot himself at home with two pistols on February 24, 1914 as a result of an episode of illness.
Web links
- Eugène Balme in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Eugène Balme at the International Olympic Committee (English)
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| SURNAME | Balme, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balme, Eugène Jean François (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oullins , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1914 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |