Gilmour Stuart "Gil" Boa (8 August 1924 – 7 September 1973) was a Canadian

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 ...

who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. Boa attended

Oakwood Collegiate Institute Oakwood Collegiate Institute (commonly known as OCI or Oakwood) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the neighbourhoods of Regal Heights, Oakwood-Vaughan and Bracondale Hill. History and Alumni Oakwood was fou ...

in Toronto.

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1924 births 1973 deaths Sportspeople from Montreal Canadian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for Canada Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Shooters at the 1967 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Canada-sportshooting-bio-stub