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| Fritz Kuchen medal table |
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 Switzerland
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | Antwerp 1920 | AG lying 300 m |
| bronze | Antwerp 1920 | AG lying 300 + 600 m (M) |
| bronze | Antwerp 1920 | FG three position fight 300 m (M) |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | Biarritz 1912 | FG kneeling |
| silver | Biarritz 1912 | AG three position fight |
| gold | Biarritz 1912 | AG kneeling |
| gold | Biarritz 1912 | FG three position fight (M) |
| gold | Viborg 1914 | FG three position fight (M) |
| bronze | Rome 1927 | AG kneeling |
| gold | Rome 1927 | FG three position fight (M) |
| gold | Stockholm 1929 | KK standing 50 m (M) |
Fritz Kuchen (born September 10, 1877 , † May 26, 1973 in Winterthur ) was a Swiss sports shooter .
Career
Originally a machine mechanic by profession, Fritz Kuchen ran his own rifle workshop as a gunsmith from 1913 .
In terms of sport, he appeared in 1893 at the age of 16 as a representative of the Veltheim section at the Zurich Cantonal Turn Festival. At the turn of the century he joined the Stadtschützengesellschaft Winterthur . In 1907 he won the Swiss Federal Shooting Festival in Zurich . At world championships , Kuchen won a total of eight medals between 1912 and 1929. In addition to a silver medal and two bronze medals, he was world champion five times: in the three-position battle with the free rifle, he won the title in the team competition in Biarritz in 1912 , in Viborg in 1914 and in Rome in 1927 . He also took first place in 1912 with the army rifle in the three-position fight as well as in 1929 in Stockholm with the small-bore rifle in the standing position in the team competition.
Fritz Kuchen took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp in seven disciplines. In the three-position fight with the free rifle, he missed a top placement in the individual competition with 961 points, but achieved bronze in the team competition. With 961 points, Kuchen was the best shooter in the Swiss team, which also consisted of Gustave Amoudruz , Ulrich Fahrner , Werner Schneeberger and Bernhard Siegenthaler . Together with Eugene Addor , Joseph Jehle , Werner Schneeberger and another marksman with the surname Weibel , he also took third place in the team competition with the army rifle over the combined 300 and 600 meter distance behind the US and Norwegian teams, which means he secured the bronze medal. With 111 points, Kuchen was the fourth best shooter on the team. He completed the team competitions with the army rifle in the prone position over 300 m in fourth place, in the prone position over 600 m in sixth place and in the standing position over 300 m in eighth place. In the individual competition in the prone position, Kuchen, like three other shooters, scored 59 points, the second best result of the competition behind Olympic champion Otto Olsen . In the subsequent jump-off, Léon Johnson secured the silver medal with 58 points, while Kuchen won bronze with 57 points. Vilho Vauhkonen and Achille Paroche both scored just 56 points.
At the age of 90, Kuchen won the anniversary shooting in Winterthur with a free weapon lying against 1200 other participants. Kuchen died at the age of 95 on May 26, 1973 in Winterthur.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c gold silver bronze. Schweizer Schützenmuseum , pp. 2 & 3 , accessed on February 6, 2020 .
Web links
- Fritz Kuchen in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
- Fritz Kuchen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cake, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1877 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1973 |
| Place of death | Winterthur , Switzerland |