Alexander Elsdon Maunder (3 February 1861 – 2 February 1932) was a

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who competed at the

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and the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

. In the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in team trap shooting and a bronze medal in individual trap shooting. Four years later, he won a silver medal in the team clay pigeons event and was 45th in the trap event.

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External links

Alexander Maunder's profile at databaseOlympics
1861 births 1932 deaths British male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters of Great Britain Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub