Paul René Colas (6 May 1880 – 9 September 1956) 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 ...

who competed at the

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, 1912, 1920, and 1924 Summer Olympics. Between 1908 and 1924 Colas won four Olympic medals: a bronze in 1908, two gold in 1912, and one silver in 1924. Only in 1920 did he fail to win a medal. With his two individual gold medals at the 1912 Games he became the second shooter (a day behind

Alfred Lane Alfred Page Lane (September 26, 1891 – October 2, 1965) was an American sport shooter who competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. He is a five-time Olympic champion, and is the first of five shooters to have won two Olympic individ ...

of the United States) and the first rifle shooter to win two individual Olympic gold medals. In the 1908 Olympics he also participated in the following events: * 300 metre free rifle - 25th place * 1000 yard free rifle - 28th place In the 1912 Olympics he also participated in the following events: *

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- fourth place * Team military rifle - fifth place * 300 metre military rifle, three positions - 22nd place In the 1920 Olympics he also participated in the following events: *

- seventh place * 300 m free rifle, 3 positions - result unknown

References

External links

Paul Colas at databaseOlympics.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colas, Paul 1880 births 1956 deaths French male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people