Sport Sports shooting Name Geoffrey Coles | Role Olympic athlete | |
Born 13 March 1871 ( 1871-03-13 ) Hastings, East Sussex, England Died January 27, 1916, Festubert, France Olympic medals Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard free pistol, team People also search for Irving Calkins, Charles Axtell | ||
Geoffrey Horsman Coles (13 March 1871 – 27 January 1916) was a British sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
In the 1908 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the team pistol event and was 11th in the individual pistol event.
Coles was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a private with the Royal Fusiliers near Festubert. He was buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery nearby.
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