Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen (marksman)
| Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen medal table |
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| Olympic Intermediate Games | ||
| gold | Athens 1906 | FG 300 m |
| gold | Athens 1906 | FG three position fight 300 m (M) |
| World championships | ||
| gold | Milan 1906 | FG three position fight (M) |
| bronze | Zurich 1907 | FG three position fight |
| gold | Zurich 1907 | FG three position fight (M) |
| gold | Vienna 1908 | FG three position fight (M) |
| bronze | Hamburg 1909 | FG standing |
| gold | Hamburg 1909 | FG three position fight (M) |
| gold | Loosduinen 1910 | FG three position fight (M) |
| bronze | Biarritz 1912 | FG three position fight |
| silver | Biarritz 1912 | FG kneeling |
| gold | Biarritz 1912 | FG three position fight (M) |
| gold | Viborg 1914 | FG three position fight (M) |
Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen (born March 15, 1878 in Nyon , † April 3, 1973 in Geneva ) was a Swiss sports shooter .
successes
Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen took part in the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 in eight disciplines. In the four individual pistol disciplines in which he competed, he also missed a front placement as he did with the military rifle at 300 m and the military rifle from model year 1874 at 200 m. With the free rifle, he won the individual with 30 hits, with his score of 243 rings ultimately deciding the difference. Konrad Stäheli and Léon Moreaux followed on the podium with 238 and 234 rings respectively. In the team competition, too, he secured the gold medal with the free rifle, when the Swiss team, which in addition to Meyer de Stadelhofen also included Konrad Stäheli, Louis-Marcel Richardet, Alfred Grütter and Jean Reich , won the competition ahead of Norway and France Place finished.
Meyer de Stadelhofen won a total of eleven medals at world championships . He was world champion seven times, winning all titles between 1906 and 1914 with the team in a three-position battle with the free rifle. In addition, he was in Biarritz in 1912 with the free rifle vice world champion in the kneeling position and won bronze in the individual three-position match at the same event. His other two medals, both bronze medals with the free rifle, he secured in 1907 in Zurich in the three-position fight and in 1909 in Hamburg in the standing position.
Meyer de Stadelhofen held the office of President of the Swiss Cycling Federation from 1906 to 1909 . In 1912 he was one of the founding members of the Swiss Olympic Committee and was vice-president of its first board. From 1915 to 1921 he led the committee as president. He was a lawyer by profession. From 1918 to 1935 he was a member of the Geneva cantonal parliament before he was appointed judge.
Web links
- Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
- Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen in the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meyer de Stadelhofen, Marcel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nyon , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd April 1973 |
| Place of death | Geneva , Switzerland |