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Sport
  
Sports shooting

Name
  
Edward Benedicks

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Born
  
9 February 1879 (
1879-02-09
)
Menton, France

Died
  
August 24, 1960, Stockholm, Sweden

Olympic medals
  
Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre team running deer, double shots

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Edward Benedicks (9 February 1879 – 24 August 1960) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed at the 1908, the 1912 and the 1920 Summer Olympics.

In 1908 he finished 27th in the individual trap event.

Four years later he won the silver medal in the running deer, double shots competition.

In the running deer, single shots event he finished 26th and in the individual trap event he finished 38th.

In 1920 he won his second silver medal with the Swedish team in the running deer, double shots competition. He also participated in the running deer, single shots event and in the running deer, double shots event but for both contests his results are unknown.

References

Edward Benedicks Wikipedia