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Shooting At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 Metre Rifle Three Positions
The Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions event was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 21 July 1976 at the shooting ranges in Montreal. 57 shooters from 34 nations competed. Lanny Bassham and Margaret Murdock Margaret Thompson Murdock (born August 25, 1942) is a nurse and former United States Army officer most widely known for her success in international shooting competitions, including a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Murdock is the first ... tied for the first place, but Murdock was placed second after review of the targets. Bassham suggested that two gold medals be given, and after this request was declined, asked Murdock to share the top step with him at the award ceremony. Women had no separate shooting events at the time and were allowed to compete with men. Murdock became the first woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting. Resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonka Matova
Nonka Decheva Matova (née Shatarova, Bulgarian: Нонка Матова Дечева; born 20 October 1954) is a Bulgarian police officer and rifle shooter who won silver at the 1992 Olympics and fourteen medals (including five gold) at World Championships. She is one of the few Bulgarians to compete at six Olympic Games (1976–80, 1988–2000). Matova was born in Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ... in 1954. At the 50m Rifle Three Positions World Championships, she won individual silver in 1974 and bronze in 1998. She was part of the Bulgarian team that won silver in 1974, gold in 1986 and 1990, and bronze in 1998. At the 50m Rifle Prone World Championships, she won individual bronze in 1974 and silver in 1986. She was also part of the Bulgarian tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaakko Minkkinen
Jaakko Otto Sakari Minkkinen (born 28 July 1933) is a Finnish former sports shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References External links * 1933 births Living people Finnish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Finland Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from Äänekoski Sportspeople from Central Finland {{Finland-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Dagger
Barry Edward Dagger (born 19 May 1937) is a British former sport shooter. Dagger competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the 50 metres rifle prone, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He represented England and won a gold medal in the 50 metres Rifle 3 Position (Pair) and a silver medal in the 10 metres Air Rifle (Pair), at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Since retiring, Dagger has become a narrowboat owner and is active in the narrowboat communities, the boat is called Shooters Delight. See also * Alister Allan * Malcolm Cooper Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, (20 December 1947 – 9 June 2001) was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. Sports shooting career He was the first shooter to win two consecutive gold medals in the Olympic 50 metre r ... References External links * * * 1937 births Living people British male s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Valdes
Miguel Valdes (born 29 June 1940) is a Cuban former sports shooter. He competed at the 1972, 1976 and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1940 births Living people Cuban male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Cuba Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Shooters at the 1971 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1975 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1979 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people {{Cuba-sportshooting-bio-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiliyan Vergov
Emiliyan Vergov ( bg, Емилиян Вергов, born 29 August 1942) is a Bulgarian former sports shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1942 births Living people Bulgarian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Bulgaria Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Stara Zagora 20th-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Kovářík
Petr Kovářík (born 21 May 1945) is a Czech former sports shooter. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1945 births Living people Czech male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Czechoslovakia Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kolín 20th-century Czech people {{CzechRepublic-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henning Clausen
Henning Clausen (born 16 October 1939) is a Danish former sport shooter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1939 births Living people Danish male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for Denmark Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Danish sportspeople Place of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Thynell
Stefan Thynell (born 10 September 1954) is a Swedish engineer and former sports shooter. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. Thynell joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ... in 1986 and was promoted to full professor in 1997. References External links * 1954 births Living people Swedish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Sweden Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Hässleholm Municipality Pennsylvania State University faculty Swedish engineers Sportspeople from Skåne County 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish people {{Sweden-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Cooper
Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, (20 December 1947 – 9 June 2001) was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. Sports shooting career He was the first shooter to win two consecutive gold medals in the Olympic 50 metre rifle three positions event, a feat which stood unrivalled for 28 years until the 2016 Rio Olympics, when Italian shooter Niccolò Campriani matched the record by successfully defending his three position title from the 2012 London Olympics. He won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul (both in the three positions event). In 1986 he was also world champion in 300 m Standard Rifle, a non-Olympic rifle discipline in which he claimed several European and World titles, as well as holding the World record for a period. Cooper won twelve Commonwealth Games medals; four gold medals, five silver medals and three bronze medals and represented England at four Games from 1974 until 1990. Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Rotaru
Nicolae Rotaru (16 July 1935 – 2009) was a Romanian sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as .... He competed in small-bore rifle, prone and three positions, at the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1972 in the prone event. In 1980 he immigrated to the United States. References 1935 births 2009 deaths Romanian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for Romania Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bucharest {{Romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Mitchell
Kurt Mitchell (19 November 1951 – 17 May 2007) was a Canadian sports shooter. He competed in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References External links * 1951 births 2007 deaths Canadian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Canada Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lethbridge Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian sportspeople {{Canada-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
