Morris Fisher

Morris Fisher medal table
Morris Fisher, 1923
Sport shooting
United States
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1920 Antwerp	Free rifle, 300 m
gold	1920 Antwerp	Free rifle, 300 m (M)
gold	1920 Antwerp	Army rifle, 300 m prone (M)
gold	1924 Paris	Free rifle, 600 m
gold	1924 Paris	Free rifle (M)

Morris "Bud" Fisher (born May 4, 1890 in Youngstown , Ohio , † May 23, 1968 in Honolulu ) was an American sports marksman.

He enrolled in the United States Marine Corps in 1911 and was awarded a prestigious badge for top marksman five years later. In 1920 he took part in the Summer Olympics in the Belgian city ​​of Antwerp and was able to secure three gold medals there - two with the team and one in the individual. At the following summer games in Paris , he won two more times. In addition to his success at the Olympic Games, Fisher set five world records, was six times world champion and won numerous victories at national championships and military championships.

After his retirement from the sport in 1934, he coached the protection of the Marine Corps and trained in Toledo in the US state of Ohio members of the local police to protect from. In 1941 he finally retired, now with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant , but was again obliged to serve as a gunnery instructor during the Second World War .

Web links

• Morris Fisher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )