Emil Kellenberger (April 3, 1864 - November 30, 1943) was a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 sports shooter

Shooting

Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...

 who competed in the early 20th century in rifle

Rifle

A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...

 shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee...

 in Paris

Paris

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 and won three olympic medals, two gold medals in the Military Rifle 3 positions and team categories and a silver medal

Silver medal

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 in the Military Rifle (kneeling). However his silver medal was tied with the Danish shooter Anders Peter Nielsen

Anders Peter Nielsen

Anders Peter Nielsen was a Danish shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in rifle shooting...

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