Pierre Gentil (12 October 1881 – 4 April 1958) 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 a ...

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 ...

. He was born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. In 1912 at the Stockholm Games he participated in the following events: * team 50 metre small-bore rifle - fourth place *

team free rifle A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...

- fourth place * team rifle - fifth place * 25 metre small-bore rifle - 27th place * 300 metre military rifle, three positions - 61st place * 600 metre free rifle - 69th place * 300 metre free rifle, three positions - did not finish

References

1881 births 1958 deaths French male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for France Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sport shooters from Paris {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub