James Graham (marksman)

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James Graham
James Graham (1912)

James Graham (1912)

Full name James Robert Graham
nation United States 48United States United States
birthday February 12, 1870
place of birth Long Lake
date of death February 18, 1950
Place of death Long Lake
Career
discipline Trap
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze

James Robert "Jay" Graham (born February 12, 1870 in Long Lake , † February 18, 1950 ibid) was an American sports shooter .

successes

James Graham joined the Olympics in 1912 in Stockholm in the discipline Trap on. In this he was before Alfred Goeldel-Bronikowen and Harry Blaus with 96 points Olympic champion and set a new Olympic record. He also finished the team competition with the US team in first place, with 532 points the US Americans were 21 points ahead of the second-placed British and 22 points over the third-placed Germans. After the Games, Graham began shooting professionally.

Web links

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  • James Graham in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  • James Graham on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)