Georges Roes (3 March 1889 – 14 May 1945) was a French

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 was born in

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba ...

. He won silver medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics and at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

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1889 births 1945 deaths Sportspeople from Tarbes French male sport shooters Olympic shooters of France Olympic silver medalists for France Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub