Jean Justin René Thomas (20 August 1865 in Breux-sur-Avre – 20 July 1925) 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 late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in

Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, many shooting events were featured within the concurrent 1900 Exposition Universelle, but only eight events currently are considered as "Olympic" by IOC. Before July 2021 the International Olympic Committee ...

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 ...

and won a

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with the military rifle team.

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External links

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René Thomas' profile at Geneanet
1865 births 1925 deaths French male sport shooters Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic shooters for France Shooters at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Eure Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of death missing {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub