Thomas tendrils

Thomas tendrils medal table
Sport shooting
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Olympic games
silver	London 1908	Serial Deer, single shot
silver	London 1908	Serial Deer, double shot
silver	London 1908	Serial Deer, single shot (M)

Thomas "Ted" Ranken (born May 18, 1875 in Edinburgh , † April 27, 1950 ibid) was a British sports shooter from Scotland .

successes

Thomas Ranken took part in the Olympic Games in London in 1908 and in Paris in 1924 . With the free rifle he took fifth place in the individual competition over 1000 yards. On the running deer he won the silver medal in both a single shot and a double shot. In a single shot he was only one point behind Olympic gold medalist Oscar Swahn , while in a double shot he reached first place tied with Walter Winans . In the following jump-off he lost to Winans with 41 to 44 points. In the team competition, only two teams, Great Britain and Sweden, started in a single shot. Sweden narrowly prevailed with 86 to 85 points, so Ranken, who scored the weakest result of the British with 18 points , received the silver medal together with Charles Nix , William Ellicott and William Lane-Joynt . In 1924 he started again in the single and double shot of the running deer. In both competitions he did not get past 22nd place.

Ranken served in the British Army .

Web links

Thomas Ranken in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
^ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Double Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
^ Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot, Team. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Tendrils, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ranken, Ted (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British marksman
DATE OF BIRTH	May 18, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edinburgh , UK
DATE OF DEATH	April 27, 1950
Place of death	Edinburgh , UK

[1] Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .

[2] Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Double Shot. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .

[3] Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Running Target, Single Shot, Team. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .