Alfred Grütter (31 August 1860 – 30 January 1937) was a

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sports

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who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in

Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many shooting events were featured within the concurrent 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by IOC. Before July 2021 the International Olympic Committee ...

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and won a

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with the Military rifle team for

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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* 1860 births 1937 deaths Swiss male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Switzerland Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1906 Intercalated Games Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub