Harald "Harry" Blau (

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: ''Harald "Harry" Carl Adolf Blau'', Latvian: ''Haralds Kārlis Ādolfs Blaus'', russian: Гарольд Карлович Блау; 6 February 1885 – 4 June 1944) was a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

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Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

origin who competed in 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 ...

representing the

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. He won the bronze medal in the

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event. He also competed in the 100 metre running deer, single shots event finishing 20th and as part of the 100 metre running deer, single shots team finishing fifth.

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1885 births 1944 deaths Latvian male sport shooters Male sport shooters from the Russian Empire Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors for the Russian Empire Trap and double trap shooters Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Baltic-German people People from Madona Municipality {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub