Georges Roes

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Georges Roes medal table

Sport shooting

FranceFrance France
Olympic games
silver Antwerp 1920 AG horizontal 300 m (M)
silver Paris 1924 FG 400 + 600 + 800 m (M)
World championships
bronze Lyon 1921 FG three position fight (M)
bronze Reims 1924 FG three position fight (M)
silver St. Gallen 1925 FG lying 300 m
bronze Antwerp 1930 AG three position fight

Georges Roes (born March 3, 1889 in Tarbes , † May 14, 1945 in Levallois-Perret ) was a French sports marksman .

successes

Georges Roes took part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 and in Paris in 1924 . In 1920 he competed in eight disciplines and won the silver medal in the prone position with the army rifle in the team competition at the side of Achille Paroche , André Parmentier , Léon Johnson and Émile Rumeau . In five other disciplines he was among the top five in the ranking. Four years later he came together with Émile Rumeau, Paul Colas , Albert Courquin and Pierre Hardy in the team competition with the free rifle, which was held over the distances of 400 m, 600 m and 800 m, on 646 points and won behind the US -american and silver medal ahead of the Haitian team. Roes was the fourth best shooter on the team with 126 points.

Roes won four medals at world championships . In 1921 in Lyon and in 1924 in Reims , he and the team secured the bronze medal in the three-position fight with the free rifle as well as in Antwerp in 1930 in the three-position fight with the army rifle. In the prone position with the free rifle, he became vice world champion in St. Gallen in 1925 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shooting at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, 400, 600 and 800 meters, Team. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Roes, Georges
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roes, Georges Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French marksman
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Tarbes , France
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1945
Place of death Levallois-Perret , France