Raoul Marie Joseph Count de Boigne (25 December 1862 – 19 May 1949) was a French
sport shooter
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who competed at the
1906 Intercalated Games, the
1908 Summer Olympics and
1912 Summer Olympics.
He was born in
Geneva
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,
Switzerland and died in
Ouveillan,
France
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.
;1906 Athens
At the
Intercalated Games
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1906 in
Athens
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he won a silver medal and two bronze medals.
In the
1906 Intercalated Games he also participated in the following events:
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free rifle, free position – seventh place
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50 m pistol
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– ninth place
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trap, single shot – tenth place
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trap, double shot – tenth place
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200 m army rifle – eleventh place
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20 m duelling pistol – eleventh place
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25 m army pistol (standard model) – twelfth place
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30 m duelling pistol – 18th place
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25 m rapid fire pistol
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– 23rd place
;1908 London
In the 1908 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the team free rifle event, was fourth in the
team military rifle event and was 19th in the
individual 1000 yard free rifle event.
;1912 Stockholm
Four years later he was fourth in the
team free rifle event, fifth in the
team military rifle event, 50th in the
individual 600 m free rifle event, 53rd in the
individual 300 m free rifle, three positions event and 58th in the
individual 300 m military rifle, three positions event.
References
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1862 births
1949 deaths
French male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
ISSF pistol shooters
Olympic shooters of France
Shooters at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Trap and double trap shooters
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Geneva
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