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Lloyd Spencer Spooner (October 6, 1884 – December 20, 1966) was an American
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and Olympic champion. He won four gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the
1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
in
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Six of his seven medals were in team competitions, and the one individual bronze medal was obtained in the Military Rifle, Prone, 600m. He was born in
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and died in
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games This is a list of athletes who have won multiple gold medals at a single Olympic Games. List of most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games This is a list of most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Ga ...


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1884 births 1966 deaths American male sport shooters Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in shooting Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{US-sportshooting-Olympic-medalist-stub