Nicolas Achille Paroche (1 March 1868 – 27 May 1933) was a French

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who competed in the

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and

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. In 1900 at

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and won a total of four Olympic medals. He won the

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in the military rifle (prone) competition, two silver medals in the military pistol individual and team events and a

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with the French team in the military rifle team competition. He was also seventh in the individual military rifle, 3 positions event, 16th in the military rifle, kneeling event and 19th in the military rifle, standing event. Twenty years later at

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he won a silver medal in the Team 300 m military rifle (prone) event. He was also fourth in the team military rifle, 300 m + 600 m event, fifth in the individual 300 m military rifle, prone event, in the team 50 m small bore rifle event, in the team 300 m military rifle, standing event and in the team 600 m military rifle event and seventh in the team free rifle event. He also participated in the individual 300 m free rifle, 3 positions event, in the individual 300 m military rifle, standing event and in the individual 50 m small bore rifle event, but his placement in those competitions is unknown.

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1868 births 1933 deaths Sportspeople from Ardennes (department) French male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic shooters of France Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub