James Hill (marksman)
| James Hill medal table |
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 Hill (right) with William McMillan (left) and David M. Shoup (center) in 1960 |
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 United States
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | Rome 1960 | KK lying 50 m |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | Cairo 1962 | KK lying 50 m |
| silver | Cairo 1962 | KK lying 50 m (M) |
| bronze | Cairo 1962 | KK kneeling 50 m (M) |
James Enoch "Jim" Hill (born October 30, 1929 in Chicago ) is a former American sports shooter .
successes
James Hill participated in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome . In the three-position fight with the small-bore rifle, he did not get beyond the 24th place, while in the prone position he took second place with 589 points. So he received the silver medal behind Peter Kohnke and ahead of Enrico Forcella . Two years later he won the bronze medal at the world championships in Cairo with the small bore in the individual competition of the horizontal attack and was runner-up in the team competition. He finished the team competition in the three-position battle in third place.
Hill served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a Gunnery Sergeant in 1960 .
Web links
Commons : James Hill - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
- James Hill in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hill, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hill, James Enoch (full name); Hill, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , United States |