Walter Tomsen (March 4, 1912 – December 30, 2000) was a

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 ...

and Olympic medalist for the United States. He won a silver medal in the

50 metre rifle prone 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is ...

event at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

in London.

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* 1912 births 2000 deaths Sportspeople from Kyiv American male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century American people {{US-sportshooting-Olympic-medalist-stub