Arnold Vitarbo (January 31, 1936 – September 14, 2022) was an American sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre pistol event at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Personal life

Vitarbo was a member of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

. He was born and raised a Catholic but was introduced to the church by a fellow shooting instructor.

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1936 births 2022 deaths American male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the United States Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sport shooters from New York City Shooters at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in shooting 20th-century American sportsmen Latter Day Saints from New York (state) Converts to Mormonism {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub