Casimir Reuterskiöld
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Casimir Reuterskiöld (14 September 1883 – 25 December 1953) was a Swedish
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 ...
who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...
. He won a silver medal in the team free pistol competition and finished eighth individually. Reuterskiöld was a career military officer. At the time of the 1920 Olympics he held a rank of captain and was one of the most experienced shooters in the Swedish pistol team, having won two bronze medals at the 1913 World Championships. He retired from the service as a major.


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1883 births 1953 deaths Swedish male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters for Sweden Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 19th-century Swedish nobility 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Ljusdal Municipality {{Sweden-sportshooting-bio-stub